Familia Castano Dulce Monastrell 2022

Familia Castano Dulce Monastrell

Region: Yecla, Murcia, Spain

Vintage: 2022

Bottle size: 50cl

Grape: Monastrell

ABV: 15%

This wine is deep cherry red in colour. On the nose, there are intense aromas of black candied fruit, raisins, carob and soft oak. The palate is concentrated and dense, with defined notes of plum compote and dried fig, with balancing acidity.

The vineyards are situated at 750 metres above sea level, and planted on a north to south orientation. The soils are a mixture of gravel and sand. Planted at a density of 2000 vines per hectare, the bush vines are dry farmed and 50 years old on average. Resulting in low average yields of two tonnes per hectare.

Made from late-harvest, slightly raisined Monastrell, the grapes were harvested in small cases and carefully selected on the sorting table. The fruit was gently destemmed without pressing and transferred to stainless steel, where fermentation began. Fermentation was then halted by the addition of distilled grape spirit, fortifying the wine and preserving the natural residual sugar. The wine matured in a combination of French and American oak barrels for approximately 8 months before bottling.

Based in Yecla, Murcia, Familia Castaño is known for its huge efforts to promote one of Spain’s native varieties: Monastrell. Familia Castaño embodies the best of what southern Spain has to offer, producing rich, warm-climate wines, with almost Syrah-like complexity, which overdeliver in terms of value year after year.