Senorio de Barahonda - Zona Zepa 2014

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Senorio de Barahonda Description

One barrel is produced. Made from a single vineyard planted in 1940 and organically farmed. Located in the highest elevation area of Yecla. The soils are limestone and gravel. The grapes are 100% pre-phylloxera Monastrell vines that yield only 0.9 hectoliters per hectare.

Zona Zepa is a single-vineyard wine produced by Bodegas Señorio de Barahonda, the oldest winery in the Yecla DO region. The name ‘Zona Zepa’ refers to a government-delimited zone in the area where wildlife is protected. Made in miniscule quantities (1,400 bottles), Zona Zepa is a wine made from pre-phylloxera Monastrell vines planted in 1940. Organically grown grapes produce a wine of extreme purity and balance. With incredible precision, the wine expresses the dried wild herb aromas one can smell in this vineyard, along with dried thyme, oregano and licorice. Zona Zepa communicates a very clean, profound expression of Monastrell. The Candela family established the bodega in 1925. Winemaker Augustin Carrion is one of the key figures whose work has shown the potential of the Monastrell grape in Yecla. Monastrell is better known as Mourvèdre in France’s Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation, where the terroir and climate are similar to Yecla; however, the grape is native to Spain. Located in the warmer southeast part of Spain, Yecla is one of the country’s oldest wine regions, with a rich history that dates back to the 6th Century. In recent years, the astounding rediscovery of Yecla by American journalists and consumers has prompted international acclaim for wines based on Monastrell.

Wine Advocate: 89 Points

The ripe, heady and concentrated old-vine Monastrell 2014 Zona Zepa was sourced from a single vineyard. It has high ripeness and 15.5% alcohol, but the �levage of 20 months in second use French oak barrels seems to have been a bit too much and dried out the fruit, making it a bit hollow in the mid-palate. It's very spicy and balsamic, generously oaked in the nose too. Those tannins need some time in bottle to calm down, although the fruit might fade before they are fully resolved.... In any case, it's a wine for fans of the style. 1,424 bottles produced.