Bodegas El Nido - Clio Jumilla 2006 (750ml) Cadetto Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo

Bodegas El Nido - Clio Jumilla 2006 (750ml) Cadetto Cerasuolo d'AbruzzoJeb Dunnuck Review Date: 05 2009 El Nido is a joint venture between the Gil family (Finca Luzon, Juan Gil) and the Australia winemaker, Chris Ringland. The 2006 Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio is a blend of 30% Cabernet Sauvignon from 29 year old vines and 70% Monastrell from 64 year old vines and sees 26 months in new French and American oak barrels. Offering up a decidedly ripe, decadent bouquet of blackberry, cassis, coffee, oak and smoke, this is a

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Ripe Merlot-dominant aromas of juicy macerated raspberry unfurl with hints of pencil lead

The clusters pass through the selection table and the grapes are introduced with a percentage of stem

This full-bodied and flawlessly intricate wine will surprise you now with its elegance

from the aperitif to the dessert

40% petit verdot

12% press wine

The area of the vineyard is 1

feel the embrace of a crisp body and velvety texture

A touch soft through the mid palate but comes back on the finish

It is also an excellent aperitif

This is a bio-dynamic site located in the McMinnville AVA planted on Marine Sedimentary and Basalt soil