Winemaker Notes
"The 2005 Heredad de Candela is a 100% Monastrell aged for 9 months in new French oak (making it different but no better than the unoaked cuvees). Dark ruby in color, it has a fine aromatic profile of vanilla bean, smoke, earth, pepper, and blueberry. This is followed by an easy drinking wine with plentiful ripe fruit, a supple palate-feel, and a long, fruity finish. Drink this pleasurable effort over the next 2 years. The Bellum project, in which Ole Imports is involved, started in 2002. It is dedicated to showing what can be achieved from 100% old-vine Monastrell in the up-and-coming D.O. of Yecla. It goes without saying that the price-to-quality relationship of these wines is extraordinary."
Wine Advocate
Professional Ratings
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.