2020 Bodegas Castaño Monastrell Yecla

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 85.5 points

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  3/12/2023 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote: 82 Points

  Red cherry, dried cranberry, white mushrooms, dirt, tobacco, banyard, animal funk and potpourri on the nose. The palate is simpler - I mostly just get the fruit, a chemical/plastic note and a hint of dried green herbs (like herbs d'Provence).
  
  Medium body, medium acid, medium + tannin. This feels like bulk wine Monastrell to me - the kind of thing you'd get when ordering the house red in Spain. But I give it some points for being varietally correct.

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  11/17/2022 - GaryF Likes this wine: 87 Points

  PnP. At first it wasn’t very giving. The nose was muted and the palate tight and slightly austere. Let it sit around a bit in the glass, had a bite of a New York strip steak and the fruit appeared, opening up the wine and making it more enjoyable. Open it, air it a bit, enjoy it with food.

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  7/26/2022 - Motz wrote: 85 Points

  Very good juice. A little light for the variety, and showing a greenish bite at the back. Very good structure. Best with food.

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  7/6/2022 - tenorselbow wrote: 88 Points

  Three years after trying my first Murcia monastrell, from Jumilla, I'm trying the Yecla region for the first time and am impressed. Big nose of glazed cherries, Play-doh and just-out-of-the-oven brownies. Intense mouth of blackcurrant, plum skin and licorice. Touch of blueberries on a short finish.

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