Bodegas El Nido - El Nido 2019
Price: $130.00
Producer | Bodegas El Nido |
Country | Spain |
Region | Jumilla |
Varietal | Red Blend |
Vintage | 2019 |
Sku | 07707 |
Bodegas El Nido Description
70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Monastrell. El Nido (“The Nest”) is made from vineyard parcels of very low-yield Cabernet Sauvignon (29 acres) and Monastrell (79 acres) aged 75-95-years-old located at about 2,300 feet in elevation. The head-pruned bush vines are planted in poor rocky limestone and sand soils in a hot, dry climate that encourages optimal ripening of concentrated and complex berries. Bunches are hand-picked and transported in small baskets to the winery where they undergo a second selection on the sorting table. Parcels are fermented and aged separately for 24 months in new French and American oak barrels (60%/40%).
Glass-staining purple. Explosive, alluring scents of blueberry, boysenberry, pipe tobacco, licorice and vanilla bean. Lush and broad yet juicy and firm with suave candied dark fruit flavors accented by floral and spice notes. The finish is broad, juicy and impressively long with echoing boysenberry and spice notes.
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
I also tasted the 2019 El Nido, produced with a similar blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Monastrell as the 2018 I tasted next to it. This wine always ferments in stainless steel with neutral yeasts and matures in a combination of French and American oak barrels for 23 months. 2019 was marked by torrential rains during the harvest (200+ liters in Jumilla) and the crop was reduced by 30%. It's a little lower in alcohol at 15.5%. Even if younger and a little creamier, I feel there is better integration of the oak (or the toasted notes from the charred wood) in this 2019 than in the 2018. It's fresher and has better balance in the XXL style of red that doesn't come through as varietal; the grapes feel very integrated, and the varietal character seems diluted in the blend. 5,500 bottles were filled in September 2021.