ORGANICALLY FARMED
The Gil family has a giant presence in the world of Spanish wines, with wineries from around Spain that make delicious wines that also offer a lot of value for what you spend!
The Juan Gil winery is in Jumilla on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, just like their El Nido winery, which makes the extremely popular Clio bottling. The Monastrell (aka Mourvedre) grape is the local star here, and this humble Silver Label bottling shows why!
WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "The 2022 Silver Label now shows the name on the label (and also "Etiqueta Plateada" in Spanish). It's their first wine in their new era, which started in 2002, a wine that aims to promote the quality and potential of Monastrell. It matured in new and second-use French oak barrels for one year, but they were looking for lower toast and less impact of the wood in the wine than earlier vintages when it was 100% new oak. It has a paler color and a subtler and more floral nose, keeping the poise and showing surprisingly fresh for the conditions of the year. It's ripe, reflecting the warm and dry weather, with 15% alcohol but very good freshness, coming through as balanced and harmonious, clean and pure. This is a bargain and a success for the year, a champion in drinkability. Bravo! " - Luis Gutierrez
The Gil family has a giant presence in the world of Spanish wines, with wineries from around Spain that make delicious wines that also offer a lot of value for what you spend!
The Juan Gil winery is in Jumilla on the Mediterranean coast of Spain, just like their El Nido winery, which makes the extremely popular Clio bottling. The Monastrell (aka Mourvedre) grape is the local star here, and this humble Silver Label bottling shows why!
WINE ADVOCATE 93 POINTS - "The 2022 Silver Label now shows the name on the label (and also "Etiqueta Plateada" in Spanish). It's their first wine in their new era, which started in 2002, a wine that aims to promote the quality and potential of Monastrell. It matured in new and second-use French oak barrels for one year, but they were looking for lower toast and less impact of the wood in the wine than earlier vintages when it was 100% new oak. It has a paler color and a subtler and more floral nose, keeping the poise and showing surprisingly fresh for the conditions of the year. It's ripe, reflecting the warm and dry weather, with 15% alcohol but very good freshness, coming through as balanced and harmonious, clean and pure. This is a bargain and a success for the year, a champion in drinkability. Bravo! " - Luis Gutierrez
