I intended to avoid Spain for this week’s Mourvèdre Monday. Three of the first 5 installments have been Spanish Monastrells and I wanted more variety. I had my sights set on opening either a Bandol or an Aussie bottle in my cellar. But I’ve been sick since last Monday and I’m just getting back to [...]
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February 15th, 2010 | Tags: 2008, Jumilla, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes | 
8 comments. Add yours.This is the fourth installment of Mourvèdre Monday, VINEgeek’s yearlong deep-dive into the Mourvèdre/Monastrell/Mataro grape. Check out the other posts in the series here. After I announced that 2010 would be The Year of Mourvedre here at VINEgeek Enterprises, I got lots of great recommendations from my fellow winos. This bottle was suggested by @Sonadora [...] February 1st, 2010 | Tags: 2007, Jumilla, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
8 comments. Add yours.I’m still sort of tip-toeing into this Mourvèdre Monday series. I’m saving the big guns for later in the year and I’m sticking with a bargain Spanish bottle again this week. This one got 90 points from Parker and Tanzer, so let’s check it out. Producer: Casa Castillo Grapes: 100% Monastrell (Mourvèdre) Appellation: Jumilla (DO, Spain) [...] January 25th, 2010 | Tags: 2007, Jumilla, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain | Category: Price: 10 bucks or less, Tasting Notes |
4 comments. Add yours.Just after the New Year, I decided to make 2010 ‘The Year of Mourvèdre‘ for VINEgeek and pledged to institute Mourvèdre Mondays. For this, the first installment, I didn’t want to begin with a top-dog wine (Beaucastel Chateauneuf-du-Pape, for example), mostly because I didn’t want the rest of the year to seem like a letdown. [...] January 11th, 2010 | Tags: 2006, Monastrell, Mourvèdre, Spain, Yecla | Category: Price: 11-15 bucks, Tasting Notes |
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