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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.7 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 192 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by cweiner on 5/25/2024 & rated 93 points: Big, fruit rich, and powerful, but very balanced, with notes of black cherries, mint, oak, and bottle age complexity. Room to run. (32 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 5/8/2024 & rated 93 points: Just another great Clio! (187 views) | | | Tasted by Oeno_PHIL on 4/6/2024 & rated 91 points: Carafé plus de 3 heures. Nez intense sur la cassonade.
Puissant et intense, m'a paru plus équilibré que la dernière bouteille bue en 2021.
Boisé et sur la vanille, les dattes et le raisin de Corinthe.
Pas mal bon avec un Ribeye. (360 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 3/31/2024 & rated 93 points: Always just a kick ass wine! year in and year out one of the best values in quality wine. I just wish the ABV was lower! (440 views) | | | Tasted by bradfriedlander on 3/22/2024 & rated 92 points: Excellent at 10 years old. Still has more life. Paired well with steamed artichokes and smoked mackerel. Enjoyable to sip after dinner. (452 views) | | | Tasted by CWilliam on 2/20/2024 & rated 93 points: Last of 4 bottles - didn't take any notes but my prior notes are still on point. Both a crowd pleaser given the fruit and with appeal to wine snobs. Clearly at peak but no sign of oxidation. 93+/- (598 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 1/17/2024 & rated 93 points: What a great wine! It always is. Delicious even with a PnP. One of the best values in a Spanish wine. Wines like this are why I am plowing through my cellar to consume the wide variety of wine I have so I can replace then with wines like this that are always great, year-in, year-out. (700 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 11/11/2023 & rated 93 points: Always a winner!!! (622 views) | | | Tasted by Baron Slick on 10/12/2023 & rated 93 points: Big, rich, and powerful, but very balanced, with earthy notes of black cherries, minty herbs, oak, and bottle age complexity. It's unsurprisingly youthful, yet approachable, especially with air. The flavors turn juicy and succulent after 1+ hour in the decanter, with Tootsie Roll intensity on the long, sapid finish. Impressive finesse for such a massive wine. (375 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 10/5/2023 & rated 93 points: As always, a real crowd pleaser and just plain perfectly crafted and blended wine. (707 views) | | | Tasted by zippythep on 9/17/2023 & rated 94 points: The 2014 mag is at it's peak now, IMO. Everything has softened - jamminess is gone, still a little bit of oak, but more velvety than jammy now. Decanted for a full hour; probably enough. Paired great with steak, salmon and chocolate. A clear WOTN for a holiday crowd of 10. (685 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 9/16/2023 & rated 93 points: Dang, always great. Deep, deep opaque purple color, slight oak and vanilla on the nose, full palate from front to back with NO hint of that dreaded "jamminess." (565 views) | | | Tasted by SLOFred on 8/13/2023 & rated 92 points: My first bottle of the 2014. Still young, but still has the great consistency of Clio quality I am accustomed to. (721 views) | | | Tasted by SMHalps on 5/25/2023 & rated 93 points: Part of a budget priced Spanish wines night with my wine group. All the wines were opened, but not decanted for at least 45 minutes before pouring. Our last red of the night, and probably our WOTN. Long finish, stewed fruit (but in a good way) on the palate. Always a hit with my wine group. (770 views) | | | Tasted by Lemmy-W on 11/29/2022 & rated 93 points: Beautiful nose with plenty of berries. Smooth tannins and easy drinking wine. Missing complexity to score higher. (1297 views) | | | Tasted by bradfriedlander on 11/19/2022 & rated 92 points: Deep extraction. Well crafted wine. Paired well with swordfish, sirloin steak tips, and chocolate. Full mouth feel and sustained finish. Needs over an hour to open. Bottle barely lasted through dinner for two. (1075 views) | | | Tasted by Stufts on 6/9/2022 & rated 93 points: This boisterous, full bodied beauty is in a great window right now. Has a few more years, but the primary fruit is fading and the tertiary notes are emerging strongly. Lots of semisweet cocoa, blueberries, violets on the nose and palate along with the cedar, leather, and cinnamon from barrel/bottle. Tannins are medium plus but well integrated at this point. Acid is balanced, and the high alcohol is notable but not in any way overwhelming for 15.5. If you like big, bold, unctuous reds with dark and sexy profiles, this one is for you. (1559 views) | | | Tasted by ogres3 on 3/31/2022 & rated 92 points: Really very nice and in a good drinking window. Rich, lush, full bodied with dark purple and red fruit. (1873 views) | | | Tasted by ogres3 on 1/27/2022 & rated 92 points: I am appreciating thid wine more and more. Maybe the age of the wine, maybe my taste. A full-bodied wine but somewhat restrained. A bit of a bite coats the mouth on the finish. Not really new world or old. (1799 views) | | | Tasted by Morrillism on 1/7/2022 & rated 93 points: Hedonistic and unctuous. Very little heat for a 15.5% wine. Tons of spice, mocha and dark fruit on both the nose and the palette. A very long and pleasing finish. In a perfect spot right now but certainly has a few years left. (1414 views) | | | Tasted by heidoanddave on 12/25/2021 & rated 92 points: See prior tasting note. Enjoyable. (1441 views) | | | Tasted by 1winemaven on 10/30/2021 & rated 92 points: Drinking beautifully right now with moderate decant. Lovely spice. Jumilla rocks! (1557 views) | | | Tasted by Hanibal on 10/16/2021 & rated 92 points: It has been a while since my last. Actually getting even better with the wood treatment pulling back and fruit is still very primal and very present with a long aftertaste. (2143 views) | | | Tasted by AllRed on 7/24/2021 & rated 90 points: 4th Saturday Group (R&D's): Double blind. Notes of dried hay, mocha and black fruit. Black fruit and vanilla on the palate. Full-bodied. Very nice. (M&R) (1819 views) | | | Tasted by Oeno_PHIL on 5/15/2021 & rated 89 points: Mis en carafe le midi pour boire au souper.
Vanille, purée de datte, raisin de corinthe, prune, boîte à cigare. Le bois demeure tout de même la caractéristique dominante et de loin.
Le vin est concentré, puissant mais l'alcool est somme toute bien intégré. De manière générale, on doit admettre que l'ensemble laisse une impression de lourdeur.
Bref, très costaud mais une valeur sûre dans le genre quand j'ai envie de ce type de vin.
Appelle un gros steak grillé au BBQ ou toute autre viande rouge saignante et très goûteuse. (1713 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| By Josh Raynolds
Vinous, Mediterranean Spain: Diversity and Consistency (Apr 2019) (4/1/2019)
(Bodegas El Nido Clio (jumilla) Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By James Suckling
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| Bodegas El Nido Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)Bodegas El Nido Jumilla ClioMonastrell (Mourvedre/Mataro) blended with cabernet sauvignon and syrah
Produced by Bodegas El Nido (subsidiary of Juan Gil)
Winemaker: Chris Ringland
http://chrisringland.com/welcome/my-wines/spanish-wines/
Per the winemaker https://chrisringland.com/bodegas-el-nido/ "Clio is composed from 60-70% Monastrell, with finishing touches of Cabernet and Syrah. The individual parcels are matured for 24 Months in an eclectic collection of new American and French barrels. The wine benefits from a year of bottle maturation before release."
Per WA https://whwc.com/el-nido-clio-jumilla-2020 the 2019 has no Syrah "...the 2019 Clio, a similar blend of 70% Monastrell and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon..."Red Blend.Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.MurciaLocated in Southeastern Spain, the "lost" region of Yecla lies to the east of Jumilla and to the west of Alicante. Fortunately, this region was spared much of the wrath of the phylloxera plague, and many ungrafted and extremely old vines remain. The Yecla region’s progressive leader, Bodegas Castaño, has long been an advocate of the Monastrell varietal, also known as Mourvèdre. The varietal is best regarded for its influence on the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape where the terroir and climate is not dissimilar to that of Yecla. Both benefit from a very warm, Mediterranean climate with warm days and nights. Jumilla Jumillo DO (Wikipedia)
Appellation Location (Google Maps)
The authorised red grapes are the following:
Monastrell, Tempranillo, (known locally as Cencibel), Garnacha Tintorera, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot (source=wikipedia, Jumilla) |
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