El Nido 2022
161.60€ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
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The 2022 El Nido was produced with a blend of 70% Monastrell from 32 hectares of vines with an average age of 76 years of age and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon from 12 hectares planted in 1986. It fermented in small stainless steel tanks with neutral yeasts and matured in new French and American oak barrels for 23 months. It's spicy and smoky, with creaminess, ripe berry fruit and a full-bodied palate with abundant, slightly grainy tannins. It has 15% alcohol, a pH of 3.62 and six grams of acidity with three grams of residual sugar. 4,600 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2024.
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Alcohol
15.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 26 months in oak barrels.
Description
It all began as a radical intuition: that from the harsh and forgotten landscape of Jumilla could emerge one of the most intense wines of the Mediterranean. Where the earth smells of sun and dust, El Nido was born: a project that is more a declaration of principles than a simple wine. It was in the early 2000s that acclaimed Australian winemaker Chris Ringland, known for his powerful, concentrated wines from the Barossa Valley, landed in southeastern Spain. Together with the Gil family, the architects of Jumilla's resurgence, they set out on a dare: to tame the extreme, to enclose the Jumilla sunshine in a bottle without losing a drop of its essence. The result: a fierce blend of Cabernet Sauvignon (70%) and Monastrell (30%), from very old vines planted on dry land on poor, stony, uncompromising soils.
Here there is no irrigation, no make-up, and the yield per vine is ridiculously low. The vines survive by dint of courage and depth: roots that sink into limestone and gravel soils, searching for the little water that the arid Murcian climate allows them. Brutal sunshine, wide temperature range, dry wind: extreme conditions that give character to each bunch of grapes. Jumilla, an ancient land of twisted vines, gives El Nido its most concentrated, mature, almost volcanic version.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand, in small crates, with a meticulous selection, bunch by bunch. No rushing, no machines. The fruit enters the winery with the skin already wrinkled by the sun, but with an intensity of aromas and a concentration worthy of red wine. Alcoholic fermentation is carried out in small stainless steel tanks, with controlled temperature and gentle pumping over so as not to violate the extraction. The wine is then transferred to new French oak barrels for 22 to 24 months, where it undergoes malolactic fermentation and begins to be tamed.
But don't expect complete taming. The barrels only nuance. El Nido is still a beast. Each year it gets more refined, but it doesn't lose its muscle. It is bottled without fining or excessive filtering, with all its living force. Pure expression of terroir and decision.
Taste
The first contact with El Nido is almost cinematic: an avalanche of black fruit, liquorice, ripe to the limit, like black plum jam with hints of cassis and cherry liqueur. But it doesn't stop there. Notes of graphite, black liquorice, dried truffle, old leather and an echo of eucalyptus that recalls its Australian roots. The oak, present but integrated, adds nuances of bitter chocolate, roasted coffee and clove.
The palate is monumental. Dense, structured, with polished but firm tannins and an unusually lively acidity that gives it verticality. It moves forward like a train: powerful, persistent, unstoppable. The finish is long, balsamic, almost saline, with a mineral aftertaste that recalls the dryness of the soil where it was born. It is a wine that pushes the limits of Jumilla into the world, without asking permission.
El Nido does not aim to please everyone. It is for those who appreciate intensity, authenticity and risk. A wine that will not be forgotten. A modern classic with the soul of an outsider and a profoundly Mediterranean heart.
Shipping to Peninsular Spain
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