Crapula Soul Red Wine 2020

Elaboration

Jumilla sits in the sun-scorched southeast of Spain — and at 800 metres above sea level, its highest vineyards inhabit a world apart from the hot plains below. Here, on brown calcareous and chalky soils that carry centuries of geological history in every layer, Bodegas Crápula & La Nena grows Monastrell under conditions of deliberate, productive difficulty: the altitude brings the cool nights and mountain freshness that give the variety its aromatic complexity, the ancient soils provide the mineral depth that the palate registers as structure and length, and the strict yield limit below 5,000 kg per hectare ensures that every grape entering the cellar carries the concentration and character that the wine's name demands. Monastrell — known as Mourvèdre in France and Mataro in Australia — is one of the world's most heat-resistant and site-specific varieties, producing wines of entirely different character depending on where and how it is grown. At 800 metres in Jumilla, farmed with a commitment to sustainability and a genuine respect for the land that this winery treats as both a heritage and a responsibility, it produces something genuinely worth discovering.