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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.7 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 345 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by danseng on 10/29/2023 & rated 90 points: After being blown away by the 2002 Clio a few weeks ago I thought I’d try this one. It’s still a good wine but much fruitier and not as structured as the 02. A bit of stewed fruit at this point so I’d say drink up. (579 views) | | | Tasted by ThijsV on 2/24/2023 & rated 93 points: Much better than its big brother El Nido (2008) I had a couple of weeks ago. Deep ruby; coffee, dark chocolate, cherry, plum, stewed black fruit, toast, leather, kirsch, black currant, velvety. Medium acidity, medium resolved tannins, medium+ flavor intensity, very long finish. Probably 1-2 years beyond its peak, but very good. Big, deep & long
93+ (886 views) | | | Tasted by MarkRichards on 12/27/2022 & rated 98 points: Close to perfect! Dark fruits, cedar, tobacco, dark spice... classic iron fist in a velvet glove wine. (857 views) | | | Tasted by rustyRudy on 12/15/2022 & rated 92 points: Brick brown on the edges. Tea, minor funk, grilled herbs on the nose. Still plenty of fruit, grilled meat and herbs, prune, bacon and black cherries. (1002 views) | | | Tasted by MarkRichards on 6/1/2022 & rated 94 points: Glad I waited for its 18th birthday.
Ripe purple fruit, licorice, tar and flowers.
Just a shocker, in a good way...one bottle left! (1167 views) | | | Tasted by europat55 on 1/14/2022 & rated 93 points: Juan Gil and El Nido Jumillas 2002-2012 (Tasted Blind) (Virtual Tasting): Nose: 94; Palate: 92 (Tasted blind) (1330 views) | | | Tasted by grossie on 7/24/2021 & rated 95 points: Drank it at OD's house with a texas brisket. This was exactly the right wine for that! Big, deep, rich, and long. Had a distinct blackberry liqueur quality thatwas amazing. It was such a great foil to the rich fat of the brisket, so amazing. What a great wine. (1294 views) | | | Tasted by DesMarteau on 1/4/2021 & rated 94 points: Agree with a lot what PGM says....17 years old....so needs a little air to open (~30 mins). Pretty one dimensional...but good. deep fruit, soft tannins, long finish. Aging thick/rich wine and in a nice place. (1726 views) | | | Tasted by pgm on 8/7/2020 & rated 92 points: At first, it was stewed fruit seeming on the downslope, but somehow those autumnal verging on over-the-hill notes diminished, and purer blackberry and currant notes came back through, with a savory finish. Tannins are resolved, but there’s enough structure to support the fruit and carry it through the finish. Still definitely mature, at peak or a bit beyond, drink in the near term. (1994 views) | | | Tasted by bordeauxman777 on 12/25/2019 & rated 97 points: lost some of the 'baby fat' by now, endless finish, refined, complex, elegant, gorgeous... (2403 views) | | | Tasted by GeorgDornauer on 12/21/2019 & rated 94 points: Klar, dunkles Rubingranat, leichte Randaufhellung mit orangen Tönen
Sauber, intensives Aroma nach Fruchtkompot, Gewürzen, rote Früchte, sehr einladend
Trocken, saftige Säure, kräftige gut eingebundene Tannine, intensiver Geschmack nach roten Früchten, Rumtopf, Gewürznelke, langer Abgang, gereift aber noch sehr frisch (2303 views) | | | Tasted by Isobel goudi on 12/6/2019 & rated 94 points: Ziegelrot, orange-braune reflexe. Geringe farbtiefe. Duft nach Vanille, gewürznelken, alles sehr fein nicht aufdringlich. Holz. Dezente süsse im mund, seidene tannine, noch immer saftig und animierend. Mittlerer Körper dezente Säure alles sehr harmonisch und elegant. Wunderbarer Abgang.
Ohne zu dekantieren direkt präsent, optimal jetzt zu trinken. Besser als bei der letzten Verkostung in 2018. (1950 views) | | | Tasted by Marc S on 10/31/2019 & rated 93 points: - Brick color with medium forming legs. It's balanced and has flavours of blackberry, black currant, chocolate and licorice anise with a medium/full body. Juicy texture with a medium finish - Wonderful bottle of wine. Big, bold and still very approachable. Nose has hints of dark chocolate and cedar. (1780 views) | | | Tasted by James1977 on 10/8/2019 & rated 93 points: What a treat. From the moment I opened the bottle I got blackcurrant and dark stewed fruits. A beautiful deep dark inky red colour. When tasting you get the dark black fruits with liquorice and a subtle smokey flavour at the back. Long finish. Really enjoyed this as did my guests, all of whom said they were going to buy some. (1578 views) | | | Tasted by 1961Vintage on 7/9/2019 & rated 96 points: Great friends bring great wine! Served with Paella. Superb! (1243 views) | | | Tasted by bonedoc on 5/22/2019 & rated 96 points: Birthday wine, served w grilled skirt steak... just simply delicious. Hedonistic, but balanced, long finish. My advice is to serve Clio w more intensely flavored food, to match the wines intensity. (1350 views) | | | Tasted by GrandeSerataFuori on 5/18/2019 & rated 91 points: Drank in a cheap hotel from a white styrofoam cup. I loved it. Still amazing and lush. Murphie had no complaints. Blackberry and blueberry galore. (388 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 2/3/2019: Good Wine with a Boring Super Bowl (Chez Kailin - Northbrook IL): Social walk-around tasting, brief note. Very modern and getting slightly tired, but overall a pleasant sip of wine, even if this isn't the style of wine I enjoy. (2428 views) | | | Tasted by lovierlist on 12/23/2018 & rated 95 points: Wow
Impressive (1529 views) | | | Tasted by Stevere on 11/17/2018 & rated 95 points: Fourteen years old and it still displays the hedonistic blackberry and blueberry fruit over a solid core of earth and mushrooms. This is a thick and solid wine with a delicious layer of fruit. (1707 views) | | | Tasted by Plusvini on 10/14/2018 & rated 90 points: Tasted blind. Big icky Parker wine. Big. Big. And big. Oak. Wine tears on the glass. Did I mention big. (1561 views) | | | Tasted by happytom on 9/29/2018 & rated 95 points: My review is the same as MRichman n 5/29/2018. I would add that it had a hint of chalky limestone in the background. When first opened there was a bit of dark cherry. (1553 views) | | | Tasted by Burgundy Al on 9/2/2018: Wines Enjoyed at Pre Labor Day Celebration and BBQ (Casa de la Mata - Chicago IL): Very rich and ultra ripe black fruit. Incredibly modern style makes the varietal somewhat non-descript. Tasty enough, but getting tired already from a great vintage, and not really my style of wine. (2100 views) | | | Tasted by MRichman on 5/29/2018: Ripe, lush, silky, fully mature. Full of big, bright, soft fruit with lots of floral notes, soy and tobacco, dark chocolate. This is what you'd call hedonistic wine, but there is enough feminine delicacy and complexity that it is quite interesting as well. Drinking at peak with fully resolved tannins, this has enough stuffing to last quite a while--5 years no problem and perhaps 10 before it fades. This wine should be a popular attention grabber. (1982 views) | | | Tasted by Isobel goudi on 2/23/2018 & rated 94 points: Feiner als ich gedacht hätte. Relativ schlank im Mund. Sollte jetzt getrunken werden, wird vermutlich nicht mehr besser. Plv ist okay wenn man solche Weine mag. Abgang ist schön. (1891 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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Vinous, September/October 2007, IWC Issue #134
(Bodegas El Nido Clio Jumilla) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jancis Robinson, MW
JancisRobinson.com (8/10/2007)
(El Nido, Clio Jumilla Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Bonus Reviews (4/14/2007)
(Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio) Login and sign up and see review text. | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (4/20/2009)
(Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio) Group's #2 (my #3) – 15 pts.; 1, 2, 4, 0 – dark red violet color; blackberry liqueur, boysenberry, vanilla, hot nose; concentrated, berry, black raspberry and oak palate; medium finish 91+ pts. (70% Mourvedre, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon) 91 points | By Richard Jennings
RJonWine.com (3/30/2007)
(Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio) Beautiful lavender, cassis nose; sweet cassis, blackberry, lavender, black fruit and chocolate oak palate; long finish 95+ pts. (70% Mourvedre, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon) 95 points |  By Gary Vaynerchuk
Wine Library TV, Big Annoucements, Episode #126 (11/13/2006)
(EL NIDO CLIO) #1; NOSE-big purple nose, cherry, licorice red twizzlers, cedar, little tight, TASTE-WOW!!, absolutre new world, ipod-listening, MAC using new wave 2010, thick, viscous, monstrous, very new world, exotic, clove, sweet red & yellow flavors, very nice, fruit bomb loaded w/ oak and cherries, SCREAMING value, GV-94+ 94+ points |
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| Bodegas El Nido Producer website
U.S. Importer (Addt'l Info)2004 Bodegas El Nido Jumilla Clio70% Monastrell / 30% Cabernet SauvignonBodegas El Nido Jumilla ClioMonastrell (Mourvedre/Mataro) blended with cabernet sauvignon and syrah
Produced by Bodegas El Nido (subsidiary of Juan Gil)
Winemaker: Chris Ringland
http://chrisringland.com/welcome/my-wines/spanish-wines/
Per the winemaker https://chrisringland.com/bodegas-el-nido/ "Clio is composed from 60-70% Monastrell, with finishing touches of Cabernet and Syrah. The individual parcels are matured for 24 Months in an eclectic collection of new American and French barrels. The wine benefits from a year of bottle maturation before release."
Per WA https://whwc.com/el-nido-clio-jumilla-2020 the 2019 has no Syrah "...the 2019 Clio, a similar blend of 70% Monastrell and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon..."Red Blend.Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
Wine Map on weinlagen-info
Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.MurciaLocated in Southeastern Spain, the "lost" region of Yecla lies to the east of Jumilla and to the west of Alicante. Fortunately, this region was spared much of the wrath of the phylloxera plague, and many ungrafted and extremely old vines remain. The Yecla region’s progressive leader, Bodegas Castaño, has long been an advocate of the Monastrell varietal, also known as Mourvèdre. The varietal is best regarded for its influence on the wines of Châteauneuf-du-Pape where the terroir and climate is not dissimilar to that of Yecla. Both benefit from a very warm, Mediterranean climate with warm days and nights. Jumilla Jumillo DO (Wikipedia)
Appellation Location (Google Maps)
The authorised red grapes are the following:
Monastrell, Tempranillo, (known locally as Cencibel), Garnacha Tintorera, Garnacha, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot (source=wikipedia, Jumilla) |
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