Bodegas Juan Gil Plata - Silver Label Jumilla, Spain 2022 (750ml)

Style: Red Wine

Producer: Bodegas Juan Gil

Grape: 100% Monastrell (Mourvèdre)

Where: Jumilla DOP

Country: Spain

Taste: deep purple/black color wine, with explosive aromas of ripe currant, red berries, chocolate and smoked notes. Rich, powerful and voluminous on the attack, silken and juicy in the mid-palate with excellent length and persistence, and a long spicy well-balanced finish including toasted notes provided by the French wood.

Vibes with: Perfect to pair with game meat or creamy rices, stewed vegetables, mushrooms, game and poultry, casserole, fish and sauce seafood, smoked, blue and cured cheeses, grilled and/or barbecued white and red meat, roast lamb, pork or beef.

Certified Organic & Certified Vegan

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About the Wine: The flagship wine, Juan Gil Silver Label, is made with certified organic Monastrell grapes from over 40-year-old vines. The chalky and rocky limestone soils, poor in nutrients, are ideal to grow Monastrell, and the vineyards yield only about 1.04 tons/acre. The Gil family uses laser optical sorters to ensure the best fruit is selected. Aged for 12 months in French oak. A wine with an intense cherry red color, aromas of ripe fruit and a long and spicy finish with hints of toasted French wood.

About the Family: The Gil family have been producers in Jumilla since the early 20th century but took a major step forward when Miguel Gil, great-grandson of the company's founder, built a new bodega in time for the 2003 vintage. Situated on the slopes of the Peñarrubia mountain, the highest part of Jumilla with poor stony soils noted for its richly flavoured, concentrated Monastrell, the bodega owns over 750 hectares of vineyards (mainly bush vines, unirrigated and of very low yield, of indigenous clones from their own nursery) and has access to further fruit from 30 to 70 year old vines. Bodegas Juan Gil is dedicated to producing powerful yet approachable and modern wines, mainly based on Monastrell, which is grown on 85% of the vineyard - other varieties grown are Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Merlot and Petit Verdot. Bodegas Juan Gil are committed to respecting the land, and to use energy and natural resources efficiently – with regard to their winery, vineyards and wines they produce. A large part of their vineyards are farmed organically, and they hold ‘Sustainable Wineries for Climate Protection’ certification at the highest level - ‘Spanish Wineries for Emission Reduction’. This has an even greater requirement for qualifying wineries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, and their carbon footprint, and to show continuous improvement. Only a handful of Spanish wineries, including Juan Gil, have so far attained this category. In early 2023 Bodegas Juan Gil were awarded International Wineries for Climate Action to the Gold Standard – one of only 6 gold members globally. IWCA Gold is the highest industry standard in carbon emission reduction.