Vina Elena Jumilla Monastrell Finca CQ 2023 NO20230705 with the kind of fine

with the kind of fine bubble and bright citrus character that makes Côte des Blancs Champagne so distinct from its Pinot-driven neighbors

Aged for at least 3 years in new American oak barrels

so there's something there to push against

which is precisely where Jeremy Decoster wanted to land after working for Chablis' Duplessis and Alice and Olivier de Moor

Lorenzo Accomasso is one of Barolo's last true legends

Vina Elena Jumilla Monastrell Finca CQ 2023 NO20230705 with the kind of fineVia Elena 'Finca CQ' Monastrell 2023 drops the heavy, jammy stereotype of Jumilla reds for something seriously fresh and highly energetic. Elena Pacheco and Isio Ramos craft this 100% Monastrell from 32 year old organic bush vines perched high up at 2,300 feet elevation on the Casa Quemada single estate, where a northwest facing orientation protects the grapes from over ripening in the hot Mediterranean sun. By blending fruit from a light sandy plot