Enrique Mendoza Estrecho Monastrell red 2018

Tasting notes

The colour is ruby red with some maroon reflections, without com plexions and without being obsessed about the extraction, clean, gleam ing and bright. In the sm elling phase we find a lot of fruit in the point of maturity joined perfectly with wood, without this predom inating. At this moment balsamic notes clearly appear, under forest, hu us, wetland, pine, rosemary, mature red fruits and fig bread accom panied by fine sm oked notes and cedar given by the combined French oak barrels of 500 litres.
On the mouth it’s fine, with sweet and granulated tannins. The  ine is fresh and acid, which will help it live and compensate. The alcoholic graduation is very long and oily. Estrecho is a wine with soul, it’s prepared to have it now and the following years. As a concept we have searched for the delicacy and elegance of this variety, starting with the selection of the land and obliging us in the wining not to over extract, press or compress. It is our little tribute to the province of Alicante, with this  ine you’ll enjoy the sun, our land and our people