2008 Casa Castillo Monastrell Jumilla

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 86.4 points

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  3/20/2011 - mountaintj5 Likes this wine: 87 Points

  The nose was delicately floral in a way but also fruity. The flavor spectrum was well covered with some nice dark cherry or cassis with just enough acid to balance.

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  2/2/2011 - huse wrote: 89 Points

  Unblended Monastrell wine (from the young vines on the estate), aged for 6 months in used French (80 %) and American (20%) barriques. Popped and poured. Deeply ruby red colored wine with a dark purple core and an expressive, spicy bouquet with scents of red and blackberries, violets and a hint of cinnamon. Good depth and intensity on the palate with loads of ripe blackcurrant fruit, elegant tannins and a lush and quite silky mouth feel. Nice, juicy finish. Drink it now and over the next 2-3 years. Very good QPR.
  
  100 percent Monastrell-wijn (van de jongere stokken op het domein), met een rijping van 6 maanden op Franse (80 %) en Amerikaanse (20 %) barriques. Niet gedecanteerd. Diepe robijnrode kleur met een zwart-purperen kern en een expressief, kruidig bouquet met aroma’s van rode en zwarte bessen, viooltjes en een vleugje kaneel. In de mond : goede diepgang en intensiteit, vol rijp fruit van zwarte bes, met elegante tannines en een weelderige, zijdeachtige mondvulling. Aangename, sappige afdronk. Drink hem nu en in de volgende 2-3 jaren. Zeer goede prijs-kwaliteitverhouding.

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  10/11/2010 - Greg_O wrote: 86 Points

  old world structure with red fruit and earth but lacks depth.

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  9/13/2010 - ssimpsonjr wrote: 79 Points

  Brick red in the glass with aromas of jammy red fruits. Little attractive through the mid-palate - perhaps some plum flavors. It then fades to a slight earthy feel with fine granular tannins and a surprising middle length finish. The jammy red fruits, unfortunately, destroy this wine for me.

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  8/27/2010 - jjlobi wrote: 86 Points

  Found this bottle to be more dry tham I remembered. Fruit is more subtle, not in abundance. Still an OK every day red.

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