Vina Elena, Bruma del Estrecho de Marin, Parcela Vereda, DO Jumilla, Spain, 2022

Producer Profile

A deeply personal project from Elena Pacheco and Isio Ramos, encapsulating the very different reflections of terroir on their much loved Monastrell grape.

Each wine, all DO Jumilla but from different old vine plots, express startling individuality based on their microclimate, soil, location and age of the vines. Sites across two locations, Marín and Las Encebras, three specific plots, Mandiles, Vereda, Particiones, and one estate, Casa Quemada.

Viticulture

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, goblet-trained bush vines sited in dry-farmed soils and spur-pruned. This plot was planted in 1973. Manually harvested into 12kg cases.

Winemaking

Fermented in stainless-steel vats at a temperature controlled to 24-26 °C using natural yeasts. Aged in 500-litre French oak fudre for 3 months.

Oak Ageing

Time: 10 Months
Type: 500 litre French Oak Fudre
% wine oaked: 100
% new oak: None

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 Matching

Great wine for barbecues, grilled steaks and homemade stews. Delicious with grilled baby goat ribs.

Awards

Tim Atkin Special Report 2024 - 95 Points
Vereda is a parcel of Monastrell planted in 1973. Fermented in French oak vats and aged in 500-litre barrels for ten months, the wine is a seductive combination of dark, sappy fruit, wet stone and chocolate notes. The palate is peppery with impressive acid, and despite its high alcohol, the wine is balanced with just enough tannic grip. 2024 – 2028. 95 Points, TA, August 2024.