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Juan Gil Monastrall
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1988 Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon
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Country of Origin: España
Winery (label) Name: Juan Gil
Wine Variety: Jumilla (Spanish Denominación de Origen) Red Wine
Vintage (year): 2008
Grape Varieties Used in Wine: 100% Monastrall
Description: We selected the Monastrall grapes for this wine from 40-year old parcels in our estate vineyards. Here shallow, chalky soils on a bed of limestone and rock, combined with an arid climate, produce the low yields (1,8 ton per acre) required for wine of this complexity. After harvesting, the deep purple grapes are whole-cluster macerated “sur lie” for 25 days, and then pressed and aged for 12 months in French oak barrels. The sum of the climate, soil, and vinification is a wine with rich color, abundant ripe fruit aromas, and a long spicy well balanced finish.
Tasting Notes: It has a very dark cherry colour with purple tones. In the nose it has powerful aromas of red berries, toasted and smoked notes from their aging in the oak barriques. It has good structure with ripe and sweet tannins. In the mouth it is very long, and with a perfect balance between fruit, alcohol, and the oak tones, which make it very pleasant and easy to drink.
Matching Food: Rices with meat, stewed meat, stewed vegetable, mushroom, poultry, sauces, fish, smoked seafood, blue and cured cheese, red meat, roast and baked meat (lamb, pig, ox).
Additional information about the vineyard can be found at http://www.juangil.es/ing/vinedo-i.htm.
Purchased at: Corky’s Cellars http://www.corkycellars.com/
Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignon 1988 (Sorry…no photos of the old style (albeit boring) label)
Winemakers: Alex Golitzin
Varietal: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vineyards: Kiona, Mercer Ranch (Champoux)
Barrels: French Oak, 15% New
Time in Barrel: 22 Months
Time in Bottle
(Prior to Release): 15 Months
Production: 925 Cases
Winemaker’s Comments: The1988 vintage marks a decade of Quilceda Creek Cabernet Sauvignons. Consistent with all our previous vintages it is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is elegant and very approachable, with some hints of black cherry. On the finish it is full, rich, smooth, and velvety.
