Descripción

La Monastrell procede de una pedanía de la zona de Tobarra, en Albacete. Son los viñedos de una familia de viticultores a los que Juan Antonio Ponce comenzó a asesorar hace años. Como curiosidad, el vino lleva el nombre de su primogénita. 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Bodegas y viñedos Ponce
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2024
Grado
13.0% vol.
Variedad
100% Monastrell
Origen
Manchuela
Certificación
EU Organic Bio

Cata

Vista
Color cereza con borde violáceo.
Nariz
Fresas maduras y especias dulces, hierbas aromáticas y recuerdos balsámicos.
Boca
Especiada, con buena estructura y una gran acidez que aporta frescura.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
Mahora.
Edad
Más de 30 años.
Suelo
Calcáreo.
Clima
Mediterráneo con influencia continental.
Cosecha
Vendimia manual.
Vinificación
Fermentación con levaduras indígenas en cubas de roble francés.
Envejecimiento
Crianza de 7 meses en fudre de 11.000 litros de roble francés.
Embotellado
Sin clarificar ni filtrar.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate :

The one red that is different, produced with Monastrell grapes, is the 2024 Depaula, which for Juan António shows more varietal character this year, with notes he describes as tomato vine and balsamic. 2024 was very low yielding and ripeness was high, and the wines have more volume. This has 14% alcohol (a full 1% more than in 2023), a pH of 3.65 and 5.8 grams of acidity. The vines are getting older and show more nuance and balance each year. The grapes are from a vineyard he purchased in the village of Mahora. They fermented with 100% full clusters in 4,500-liter oak vats, where the wine matured. It's a little more serious, dark and earthy than the reds from other varieties, and it has elegant rusticity. The tannins are very fine, and the wine is approachable, but it has the seriousness the variety can have. Again, this overdelivers for the price. This is the last vintage that the wine will come from one single vineyard, as the new plantings came into production in 2025, which will add more freshness to the 2025 wine. 12,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2025.