Enrique Mendoza, La Tremenda Monastrell 2012, Alicante, Spain
Tasting Note: A restrained monastrell that I suspect results from a French winemaker’s take on the grape in Spain (that’s just a guess based on taste; not research).[Read more]
Juan Gil, Monastrell 2014, Jumilla, Spain
Tasting Note: A monastrell with more of a tannin bite than is usual.[Read more]
Bodegas Ego, Fuerza 2011, Jumilla, Spain
Tasting Note: Try your favorite red grape varietal blended with monastrell (mourvédre) from Spain, and see if you like the blend even more; you may discover a new favorite red blend.[Read more]
Bodega Senorio de Barahonda Barrica, Monastrell – Syrah 2012, Yecla, Spain
Tasting Note: If you like primitivo or red zinfandel, try monastrell (i.e., mourvédre) and monastrell-based blends from Spain; you won’t be disappointed.[Read more]
Bodegas Luzón Verde 2013, Jumilla, Spain
Tasting Note: As the monastrell grape (aka, mourvèdre) varietal increasingly finds its way to American wine shop shelves, this is a bottle to try to experience what is so lovable about the grape that in many ways is reminiscent of Argentinean malbec.[Read more]
Sunce Winery & Vineyard, Mourvedre 2011, Montgomery Vineyard, Russian River Valley, Sonoma County, California
Tasting Note: Because you do not often find single-varietal bottling of mourvedre, this is worth a try even if only to experience the isolated of taste what is typically a blending grape.[Read more]
