Bodegas El Nido Clio 2023

The 2021 Clio is a blend of 70% Monastrell and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, sourced from the 1936-planted Zingla Vineyard in Jumilla. Aged for 23 months in French and American oak, this garnet-hued wine offers complex aromas of herbs and plums, complemented notes of mint, balsamic and ash. Concentrated and rich on the palate, it flows with a silky texture, culminating in a velvety finish. This is a ripe, sun-kissed red with a precisely executed barrel-aging regimen. Drink: 2024-2036.

A very elegant blend of Monastrell hailing from old, ungrated vines and Cabernet Sauvignon, with both varieties adding depth and complementary nuance. Outstanding quality to the tannins, velvety and persistent. Spiced plum, Earl Grey, bergamot, plum, ripe strawberries ingle on the palate, with great vibrancy. Really deep and concentrated. Alcohol is superbly -- and dangerously -- well integrated.

The 2021 Clio is ripe and heady with 16% alcohol and generous oak. It's faithful to the house style, but like many other wines from the 2021 vintage from the Gil family, this also came through as fresher and more balanced than the 2020 counterpart. It has a full-bodied palate with abundant but finer tannins. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2023. Drink: 2025-2032.

This is richly aromatic, with an initial range of mocha, spice box and sweet smoke that adds complexity to the flavors of plum compote, black cherry pate de fruit, loamy earth and dried sage. Finely meshed, layering refined, chalky tannins and pomegranate-fueled acidity with the expressive profile. Monastrell and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2038. 3,875 cases made, 1,420 cases imported.