Vina Elena, Parcela Vereda
Country: Spain Region: Jumilla
Varietal: Monastrell Vintage: 2020
Colour: Red Style: Dry
Producer: Vina Elena
Description: A deeply personal project from Elena Pacheco and Isio Ramos, Bruma is an exciting interpretation of Jumilla and brings lightness, complexity and elegance to this hot, arid, and often monolithic region.
Viña Elena is in Estrecho de Marín, a valley surrounded by low-lying mountains in the southern end of Jumilla, where the elevation is around 400 metres, the lowest in the DO. The family grows around 100 hectares of vines out of which 47 are rented; the rest are their own.
In 2014, Elena partnered with consultant and wine distributor Isio Ramos to launch Bruma del Estrecho de Marín. The idea behind this interesting terroir-driven project is to showcase sites and vineyards with varying soils, elevation and vine age. Around 55.000 bottles are produced altogether.
This plot is called Vereda owing to the fact that a traditional drovers’ road (vereda) used for the transhumance of bulls used to run next to it. One of the most interesting things about this plot is that it boasts two evidently distinct types of soil: a hillside with white, chalky soils, poor in organic material, which affords salinity to the wine, and at the foot of the hillside, fresher soils that boast more abundant clay. Parcela Vereda is located near the town of Tobarra, in the northern part of D.O.P. Jumilla. The vines are ungrafted, 45-year-old goblet-trained bush vines sited in dry non irrigated soils and spur-pruned.
Robert Parkers The Wine Advocate 91 Points
"The more powerful and ripe 2020 Bruma del Estrecho Parcela Vereda comes from a Monastrell plot that tends to deliver riper and darker wines. It has a heady profile of ripe black fruit and a spicy/smoky touch from the aging in second use 500-liter French oak barrels coupled by Mediterranean herbs like rosemary and esparto grass. It's juicy and round, full-bodied and lush, with ripe flavors in the finish." 91 Points, LG, April 2022.
Tasting Note: The wine boasts exceptionally attractive fruit nuances and good acidity, which is enhanced by a noticeably high saline content in the mouth. Intense aromas of red berries, hints of cacao, quite spiced, balsamic, and earthy on the nose, followed by abundant flavour intensity, and slight hints of mellow spice combined with the red fruit. Rounded, ripe tannins, well-balanced and a finish which leaves you wanting more.
Food Matches: A great wine to pair with "arroz y conejo", risotto, pastas and of course any kind of tapas and meat. Also with Asian-influenced dishes … the possibilities of pairings with this wine are endless.
