Juan Gil White Label De Cepas Viejas Monastrell 2010

D.O., Jumilla, Spain
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Natalie's Score: 90/100 Community Score: 4.3/5 Community Reviews: 6 Add My Review Product #: 13656 Wine Type: Red Wine	Price: $12.95 Alcohol: 14.5% Drink: 2012-2015 Sweetness: Extra Dry Bottle size: 750 ml Winery: Juan Gil Agent: Kylix Wines
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Tasting note:

Deal of the Century! Full-bodied, juicy, savoury and delicious. Loaded with dark wild blackberries and forest-deep cherries and cedar. Oh yum. Food matches: mushroom and wild rice dishes, savoury meat stews.

Reviewed May 12, 2012 by Natalie MacLean

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Opinions about wine differ greatly as the experience is subjective. You may find it helpful to compare this critical evaluation of the wine with mine as well as your own:

Holly Bruns rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Every time I went back to the glass there was something more. At first whiff it's earthy and brambly, then comes the dark fruit and leather followed by liquorice and juniper, and lastly a little smokiness and some sweet spices. The long liquorice-tinged finish has an inviting hint of black tea and a gentle tannic presence.

John rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

High quality for a small price

Linda rated this wine as 90/100 with the following review:

Pepper, blackberry. Full body. French oak.

Graeme Tindale rated this wine as 75/100 with the following review:

Very good; bulk of value is value for the price. Actually not in love - would go with Jackson Triggs.

Juan Gil is a specialist with the Monastrell (aka Mourvèdre) variety. This grape is thought to have originated in Spain, where producers use it to create intense, deeply coloured wines. Here is a great example from Spain’s Jumilla region, where the grape is comfortably at home. The wine spends four months in a mix of French and American oak, adding toast and coconut accents to the floral, red fruit, and earthy aromas and flavours. Source: Vintages Wine Panel

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