2010 Barahonda Barrica, Bodegas Señorío de Barahonda
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Robert M. Parker, Jr. - 31/08/2012
About this WINE
Bodegas Senorio de Barahonda
Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre, aka Monastrell in Spain, is a common blending partner of Syrah and Grenache (aka Garnacha in Spain). In Australia and California it can also appear under the name Mataro.
Mourvèdre's bastion in France is Bandol, where it reigns supreme in the red blends and yielding a savoury, gamey, herby wine. It also commonly features in Southern Rhône, Languedoc & Rousillon blends.
The grape needs a warm climate to ripen fully. Its stronghold in Spain are the appellations along the south-east Mediterranean(Murcia, Jumilla, Bullas), where it produces rosé, dry red and sweet fortified wines. Monastrell has played a significant part in Spain’s vinous heritage; it nurtures wines that are deep in colour and richly tannic, sometimes overbearing in their intensity and concentration
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Some way down the eastern seaboard of Spain and inland of Alicante is a little jewel of a wine region: Yecla. Protected by a ring of mountains, this is one of the few regions in Europe still able to grow ungrafted vines, so the plants here are old and of exceptional quality. The king here is Monastrell (the Spanish version of France’s Mourvèdre) and this is a strong, spicy, muscular wine, but given a creamy core by ageing in French oak for six months, and blending with 25% Syrah. This wine was born for red meats.
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