2003 Bodegas Juan Gil Monastrell Jumilla

Community Tasting Notes (81) Avg Score: 88.6 points

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  3/24/2022 - biggie Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Fruit Day - Decanted off a good tablespoon of sediment. Browning garnet in the glass. Nose of cedar, forest floor, spice, old leather, mushroom and some funk. On the palate, there’s tobacco, cedar, dried dark fruit, some acetic acid (but not off putting), spice and leather. Long finish with some heat showing - both from spice and alcohol. This is a terrific fully developed bottle. Definitely mature of course but I’m very pleasantly surprised at where it is tonight.

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  1/14/2022 - europat55 wrote: 91 Points

  Juan Gil and El Nido Jumillas 2002-2012 (Tasted Blind) (Virtual Tasting): Nose: 91; Palate: 90 (Tasted blind)

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  12/5/2021 - Kozakofthewest Likes this wine: 88 Points

  After 2 hour decant its quite lively , pleasantly surprised

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  3/18/2016 - biggie Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dark garnet core out to a slightly browning rim - showing some but not a great deal of maturity. The nose shows black berry, plum and black cherry with definite liquorice, leather, espresso and dried herbs in the background. Soft on the palate with resolved but still evident tannins, balanced acidity and elevated but not unpleasant alcohol. Initial flavours of ripe black fruit evolve into dried red fruit (black cherry) and leather with the liquorice and espresso still there in the long finish. This has developed extremely well and is ready to go now. Tanner and Advocate got it right with 89/91 points and Spectator had a fail with 84 points. Purchased in 2006 and allowed to develop in a properly controlled cellar.

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  7/26/2015 - jwebtx wrote:

  Past prime time.

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