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Jose María's grandfather purchased the property 1941, the original cellar was built by Frenchmen fleeing the phylloxera plague in 1870. Jose María and his father replanted the whole property with native varietals in 1985. Their low density bush vines give tiny yields in these conditions. All grapes are hand-harvested, sorted and fermented in stainless steel or concrete. They're starting to practice more whole-bunch, to counterbalance the ripeness. Ageing is in concrete, foudre and 500L French oak demi-muids. They produce three single varietals and two single vineyard wines. Pie Franco, named after the un-grafted vines, is building a reputation as one of the best reds in Spain, and all the wines brilliantly combine finesse with the Mediterranean character of the zone.\u003cbr\u003e"}

2018 | Casa Castillo | Las Gravas

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Red Wine: 2018 | Casa Castillo | Las Gravas

It's an incredibly elegant and delicate Las Gravas.

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Producer: Casa Castillo

Ratings: WA | 96

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Mourvedre

    Country/Region: Spain, Jumilla

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      It's an incredibly elegant and delicate Las Gravas, nuanced and with a discrete profile, a little shy at first.The palate is also super elegant and balanced, with refined tannins, a velvety texture and very fine chalky minerality.

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        • Wine Advocate: It's an incredibly elegant and delicate Las Gravas, nuanced and with a discrete profile, a little shy at first. The palate is also super elegant and balanced, with refined tannins, a velvety texture and very fine chalky minerality. The north-facing vineyard, the backbone of this wine in a challenging and cooler year, is now 40 years old and has vigor and balance, which has resulted in an incredible wine through a lot of work in the vineyard. This has to be the finest vintage to date, a real triumph over the adverse conditions of the year that transcends the quality of the vintage. Bravo!

          Producer Information

          The sun baked landscape of Jumilla doesn't immediately strike you as a place to produce graceful wines, with 300 days of sunshine per year and low rainfall. The secret which Jose María Vicente has discovered is the Levant native Monastrell (known as Mourvedre in France) which loves the chalky terroirs and cooler slopes of the Sierra del Molar. Jose María's grandfather purchased the property 1941, the original cellar was built by Frenchmen fleeing the phylloxera plague in 1870. Jose María and his father replanted the whole property with native varietals in 1985. Their low density bush vines give tiny yields in these conditions. All grapes are hand-harvested, sorted and fermented in stainless steel or concrete. They're starting to practice more whole-bunch, to counterbalance the ripeness. Ageing is in concrete, foudre and 500L French oak demi-muids. They produce three single varietals and two single vineyard wines. Pie Franco, named after the un-grafted vines, is building a reputation as one of the best reds in Spain, and all the wines brilliantly combine finesse with the Mediterranean character of the zone.

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