Monteabellón 14 Meses 2021
Gems for you to discover in Ribera del Duero
The García family’s Monteabellón winery has gained a firm foothold in its just over two decades of existence. The keys to its rapid success are its marvellous, high-altitude vineyard in Nava de Roa (Burgos) and its extensive experience with terroirs, as this family have been cultivating their own vines and those of other clients for several generations. Monteabellón 14 Meses is the firm’s most representative wine, and it’s a privilege for us to be able to offer it to you exclusively. Monteabellón 14 Meses 2021 is a Tempranillo grown on organic vines at an altitude of between 830 and 950 metres and comes with the guarantees of an Excellent-rated vintage. Aged in oak for 14 months, it’s a very flavoursome, potent and fruity wine.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French (70%) and American (30%) oak barrels
Barrel aging time
14 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14
General Information
Monteabellón 14 Meses 2021 (Excellent vintage) is a single-varietal Tempranillo from high-altitude vineyards located in Nava de Roa (Burgos). Thy vines grown at approximately 830–950 metres above sea level in calcareous-clay soils with limestone. This red has been aged for at least 14 months in barrels, 70% made of French oak and 30% made of American oak.
Founded in 2000, Bodegas Monteabellón is an initiative of the García family, who began making wine from grapes picked from their own vineyard in Nava de Roa (Burgos), one of the most coveted parts of the Denominación de Origen. This, coupled with the organic farming they practice, with minimal intervention in the habitat of Ribera del Duero, results in deeply-layered, balanced, highly complex wines, which are produced in very small quantities.
The red Monteabellón 14 Meses 2021 is great with stuffed pork or baby lamb chops.
Tasting notes
Deep cherry-red with a garnet-red rim. Intense aroma of fruit in preserve and sweet spices perfectly integrated with notes from fine wood, lending it elegance.
Full-flavoured, potent and fruity palate with ripe tannins.
Creators' opinion
A colder than usual winter with Storm Filomena causing snow that created large water reserves in the vineyards. A rainy spring and a dry summer with heavy precipitation in late September delayed harvesting slightly, leading to medium-low yields of around 4,500 kg/has owing to the damage caused by Filomena and wind and rain during the weeks of flowering. Good colour owing to the full ripening, expressed in very deep violet hues and medium-high pigmentation in the wines of the 2021 vintage.
The winery
In the year 2000, the fourth generation of the García family, renowned viticulturists from Ribera del Duero, decided to start producing wine from their own vineyards and created the Bodegas Monteabellón project in Nava de Roa (Burgos). Their extensive knowledge of the region's viticultural heritage, the strict limitation on vineyard yields, and cutting-edge winemaking supported by the latest vinification technologies position this as one of the most remarkable recent projects in the D.O. Ribera del Duero.
The great value of Bodegas Monteabellón lies in the 160 hectares of vineyards it controls around Nava de Roa, mainly of the tempranillo (tinta de país) variety. These vines provide the grapes for their wines, but if they do not meet the stringent requirements set by the García family, they are harvested and sold to other wineries in the region. Nevertheless, all the vineyards managed by Bodegas Monteabellón are meticulously identified by plots, with quality differentiated based on the age of the vines and the altitude of the parcels.
Thus, the young or less-aged wines are sourced from parcels located closer to the Duero River. The second working zone consists of parcels farther from the Castilian river and at higher altitudes, with sandy-loam soils containing limestone and clay. Finally, the vineyards situated at the highest altitudes, on stony soils with a high limestone content, offer extreme conditions that yield clusters perfect for superior aging.
The great value of Bodegas Monteabellón lies in the 160 hectares of vineyards it controls around Nava de Roa, mainly of the tempranillo (tinta de país) variety. These vines provide the grapes for their wines, but if they do not meet the stringent requirements set by the García family, they are harvested and sold to other wineries in the region. Nevertheless, all the vineyards managed by Bodegas Monteabellón are meticulously identified by plots, with quality differentiated based on the age of the vines and the altitude of the parcels.
Thus, the young or less-aged wines are sourced from parcels located closer to the Duero River. The second working zone consists of parcels farther from the Castilian river and at higher altitudes, with sandy-loam soils containing limestone and clay. Finally, the vineyards situated at the highest altitudes, on stony soils with a high limestone content, offer extreme conditions that yield clusters perfect for superior aging.