Juan Gil Cuvée Especial 2023
Monastrell, the other side of Spanish wine
Viñas Familia Gil was and still is the driving force of the Jumilla region as well as one of the most important wine groups in the country due to its expansion into various Denominaciones. We’re lucky enough to have it make Juan Gil Cuvée Especial exclusively for us, a wine that’s now a classic thanks to the success of the previous vintages. Now’s your chance to buy the 2023 vintage, the sixth edition of a fabulous Monastrell red that’s been aged in French oak for 9 months. A special label for getting to know and enjoying Mediterranean-style reds: moreish, ripe, very fruit-forward wines that are gaining more and more fans and proving to be an alternative to Tempranillos.
General information
Juan Gil Cuvée Especial 2023 offers you the chance to enjoy Monastrell, one of the best native grape varieties, in all its glory. This red single-varietal has been aged for 9 months in French oak barrels. The grapes came from old, dry-farmed vines cultivated at an altitude of 700 metres in the upper part of Jumilla, which boasts ideal climate conditions for this local variety.
Bodegas Juan Gil (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 2023 (D.O. Jumilla) goes well with rice dishes with vegetables or rabbit.
CATA's notes
Powerful, clean and complex on the nose, with very attractive fruity aromas, hints of ripe fruit and touches of new wood. Well-structured on the palate, lively and flavourful, with good body, a balanced, pleasant mouthfeel and very good length.
General features
General information
Juan Gil Cuvée Especial 2023 offers you the chance to enjoy Monastrell, one of the best native grape varieties, in all its glory. This red single-varietal has been aged for 9 months in French oak barrels. The grapes came from old, dry-farmed vines cultivated at an altitude of 700 metres in the upper part of Jumilla, which boasts ideal climate conditions for this local variety.
Bodegas Juan Gil (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 2023 (D.O. Jumilla) goes well with rice dishes with vegetables or rabbit.
CATA's notes
Powerful, clean and complex on the nose, with very attractive fruity aromas, hints of ripe fruit and touches of new wood. Well-structured on the palate, lively and flavourful, with good body, a balanced, pleasant mouthfeel and very good length.
