oddly, this is preferable to el nido's $140 cab-heavy fruit bomb. maybe that's because monastrell is the go-to grape in jumilla, and this is 70% monastrell and only 30% cab compared to the opposite with el nido. all that said, this wine is ripe, approachable and dark, with excellent balance and a fudgy, warm finish of fruitcake and blackberry. drink now through 2013.
Clio