Based in 2011 and situated a stone’s throw away from the historic centre of Jumilla, Ego Bodegas is the results of equal quantities of ardour and onerous work. The venture is the brainchild of husband-and-wife crew Santos Ortiz and Ioana Paunescu who, with out a background within the wine business, began with nothing however a imaginative and prescient and the expertise to make it a actuality. After a six-month seek for a canvas for his or her concept, they fell in love with a spectacular property on the highest elevation within the DO Jumilla and planted to a incredible inventory of outdated Monastrell vines.
On this valuable setting, Santos and Ioana constructed a state-of-the-art vineyard, the place the winemaking crew led by Irene Gomez, a gifted 25-year-old and the youngest feminine winemaker in DO Jumilla, now crafts a set of accessible, unpretentious, meals pleasant wines. These not solely showcase essentially the most stunning expressions of Jumilla’s flagship selection, Monastrell, but additionally the excellent potential of the area’s terroirs to supply nice high quality Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot and Syrah.
All grapes are harvested by hand, and every plot and selection are vinified individually in chrome steel, preserving the utmost purity of fruit forward of ageing in both metal, wooden or bottle. The final word objective being the manufacturing of wines which are recent and approachable upon launch, even when with potential to be cellared for a few years.
El Goru
El Goru is a wine collection, inside Ego Bodegas’ wider vary, that captures the completely different features of the love for the land of Jumilla and its many tales. It’s named after a personality of the area’s mythology, with many roles within the native imaginary: from shaman to trainer, by the use of host and sleepless wanderer. Above all, El Goru was a lover, beneficiant and full in his fascination with all issues, huge and small, all individuals, associates or strangers, all moments, current, previous or future.
The flagship wine of the El Goru collection is the 38 Barrels, a singular snapshot of one of the best wines yielded by every classic, blended from essentially the most characterful 38 barrels, as chosen by Irene Gomez and her crew. The character and distinctiveness of this wine is a vindication of the fervour and energy that animate the spirit of Ego Bodegas, recognised, yr on yr, by journalists and critics alike.
The 2020 classic of El Goru 38 Barrels stood out the newest version of the Decanter World Wine Awards, having acquired a Gold Medal accolade for its 96 factors ranking. The jury highlighted the ‘verve and drive’ of this mix of Monastrell (85%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (15%), aged for one yr in new French and American barrels, with ripe darkish fruit framed by ‘spherical tannins and energetic acidity’.
The youthful drive of Monastrell has an ideal counterpoint in Cabernet Sauvignon’s luscious class, for a wine that carries the wooden and alcohol with ease and reveals nice ageing potential. An ideal synthesis, due to this fact, of the three phrases that form the identification (and title three of the primary releases) of Ego Bodegas: Ego, Talento and Infinito. Ego as character and need; Talento (expertise) because the capability to carry out one’s labour with inspiration and talent; Infinito (infinity) has the absence of limits to the goals that drive concepts and result in the long run.
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