The Gil family played an important part in the D.O. Jumilla’s qualitative leap. It’s a pleasure to offer you Juan Gil Cuvée Especial 2022, the fifth edition of an exclusive red made from the native Monastrell variety grown in superb, dry-farmed old vineyards. It’s been aged for 9 months in French oak so as not to mask its varietal character. This wine is a great way of learning about the Mediterranean wines of southeast Spain that shows the full potential of the area’s star grape variety.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Monastrell
Type of barrel
French (80%) and American (20%) oak barrels.
Type of bottle
Truncated cone
Barrel aging time
9 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
04/2024
Total acidity (g/l)
5.4
Volatile acidity (g/l)
0.60
Sugar
3
pH
3.63
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14.5
General Information
Our excellent relationship with the Gil family has enabled us to produce this Cuvée Especial together with them on four previous occasions, all of which were instant successes. The quality of the 2022 vintage (Excellent) has led us to repeat the experience. Juan Gil Cuvée Especial 2022 is a single-varietal Monastrell that’s been barrel aged for 9 months (80% French oak and 20% American oak).
Bodegas Juan Gil, founded in 1916, is currently run by the fourth generation of the family, with Miguel Gil at the helm, and the company has now become a winemaking group with several firms in other regions. The winery is located in Paraje de la Aragona, 10 km from Jumilla, surrounded by 350 hectares of vineyards, at an altitude of over 700 metres above sea level, where it produces wines that represent the most modern and most attractive side of the D.O. The firm succeeded in putting Jumilla on the international winemaking map after wine guru Robert Parker awarded 99 points to its red wine El Nido in 2007.
Juan Gil Cuvée Especial 2022 (D.O. Jumilla) goes well with rice dishes with vegetables or rabbit.
The winery
Founded in 1916, Bodegas Juan Gil is a family winery that has elevated the name of Jumilla and Mediterranean wines to the highest level on the international stage. Currently governed by the fourth generation, with Miguel Gil as the visible head, it has already become a wine empire with several brands in other regions. The original winery was located in the urban area of Jumilla, where previous generations of the family produced bulk wines from monastrell. The new facilities are located in the Paraje de la Aragona, 10 km from Jumilla, surrounded by 350 hectares of vineyards at over 700 meters above sea level. From there come wines that represent the most modern and dynamic side of the denomination.
Miguel Gil studied aeronautical engineering, but in the nineties, he returned to his homeland; inheriting the legacy of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, he directed his professional life towards the world of wine. After working at another historic and pioneering winery in the region, Luzón, in 2001 he decided to take charge of the family winery, as well as founding a new winery which he named El Nido. He knew that conquering the international market was essential, as at the time the denomination had not yet established itself as a quality reference. Thus, he focused on the best vineyards and the best barrels, and won over the U.S. market, where open-minded consumers embraced his wines for their exceptional quality-to-price ratio.
By 2004, more than 75,000 bottles of Juan Gil 12 Meses 2002, their most emblematic wine, were being sold in the United States. Shortly thereafter, their wines El Nido and Clio received major recognition from critic Robert Parker. Today, Juan Gil is the seed of a powerful group: Viñas Familia Gil, which continues to grow, always committed to terroir and native varieties.