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While being focused on the light, delicate wines of Beaujolais, we throw in a Mediterranean wine that I have had on my list for some time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And it shares in fact some of their characteristics. For a Jumilla monastrell it’s lightly extracted, focused on fruit and a, should we say, relatively modest 13,5% in alcohol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Part of the Vinival group, Parajes del Valle is their Jumilla project. Winemaker is the young Mar\u00eda Jover S\u00e1nchez, who worked for Vega Sicilia for a year, before she returned to her native Levante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The soil here has a high limestone content, and the monastrell grapes are old. The variety has dark skin, small berries, and in the warm Mediterranean climate the wines are often big with elevated alcohol. Here the farmers are instructed to go for the opposite. The grapes are destemmed, subject to a light pressing and a careful maceration. It’s made mostly in steel, except for malo-lactic fermentation that is carried out in concrete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Parajes del Valle Monastrell 2018 <\/strong>(Parajes del Valle)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dark young colour. Quite concentrated berry aroma (raspberry, dark cherry), with aromatic herbs and a touch of lickorice in the background. Juicy, quite cool with smooth tannins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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