Winemaker Notes
Black cherry colour, good intensity. Predominance of bread of figs, plums with touches of mountain slope herbs and a final of spicy aromas. Fleshy palate, well-integrated mature tannins .
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Some white pepper to the mixture of red and black berries. Flavorful and juicy with fresh, creamy tannins. Shows excellent balance even though it is not quite long. From organically grown grapes.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
MY PUBLISHED NOTES: The 2020 Consentido Monastrell Barrica deftly combines everything into a generous and elegant wine. This wine offers aromas and flavors of fragrant spices, ripe blackberries, and pleasing sandalwood notes. Try it with carnitas tacos and a generous scoop of diced white onions. (Tasted: July 17, 2024, San Francisco, CA)
Full of ripe fruit, and robust, earthy goodness, Mourvèdre is actually of Spanish provenance, where it still goes by the name Monastrell or Mataro. It is better associated however, with the Red Blends of the Rhône, namely Chateauneuf-du-Pape. Mourvèdre shines on its own in Bandol and is popular both as a single varietal wine in blends in the New World regions of Australia, California and Washington. Somm Secret—While Mourvèdre has been in California for many years, it didn’t gain momentum until the 1980s when a group of California winemakers inspired by the wines of the Rhône Valley finally began to renew a focus on it.
The Yecla DO sits between Jumilla and Alicante, near the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Spain and was granted official DO status in 1975. While once just a farming town, and later known as a furniture-making center, more recently, it is gaining notoriety for its red wine production.
A slow revolution in winemaking technology in Yecla since the 1980s, pioneered by small private wineries and cooperatives, has improved the quality of the region's red wines. The number of vineyards registered with the Regulatory Council is presently at about 6,000 hectares, and is still gradually increasing, a good indication that local producers are focused on quality. There are no official subregions, but the Campo Arriba district is well-known for producing grapes with more intensity and extract.
While Yecla produces a variety of wine styles, most are red wines based on single-varietal Monastrell or blends with other approved varieties such as Syrah, Merlot and Petit Verdot.
Yecla is already proving great export potential with about 95% of its production sold outside Spain, in over 40 countries worldwide.