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Porta Regia Monastrell 12 Meses (months)

"The wine is excellent on both the nose and palate...Like all of the wines from Porta Regia, this is an absolute steal! Very impressive juice." —

John Gilman, View from the Cellar

Winery

SIERRA NORTE, BODEGAS

Appellation

Jumilla D.O.

Grape(s)

100% Monastrell, from bush vines averaging 50 years-old

Altitude/Soil

650 meters / limestone, poor in organic matter and low salinity

Farming Methods

Organic methods, not certified

Harvest

Hand harvested

Production

4-day cold soak, 10 days further maceration with skins. Malo in stainless steel

Aging

Aged for 12 months in 60% French and 40% American 2nd fill barrels

Suggested Retail Price

$21

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Porta Regia Monastrell 12 Meses (months) 2018

92 (VM) 91 (VfC)

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92	Vinous Media	Dark ruby. Spice-accented dark berries, mocha and pungent flowers on the deeply perfumed nose. Appealingly sweet black and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors become livelier and pick up a hint of vanilla with air. The blue fruit and floral notes repeat on the impressively long, penetrating finish, which features polished tannins and a hint of white pepper. 2022- 2028 Josh Raynolds - March 2021
91	View from the Cellar	The 2018 Monastrell “12 Meses Barrica” cuvee from Porto Regia is a lovely bottle on both the nose and palate, with the bouquet wafting from the glass in a mix of cassis, black cherries, cigar wrapper, good soil tones, a hint of mincemeat and a nice touch of spicy new oak. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a superb core, ripe, well integrated tannins and a long, well-balanced and gently chewy finish. This too comes in at 14.5 percent octane, but the wine is cooler on the backend than the 2019 Old Vines bottling and carries its ripeness beautifully. This is an outstanding bottle of Monastrell! 2026-2045+. John Gilman - Issue #91 / February 2021

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Porta Regia Monastrell 12 Meses (months) 2019

91 (OB) 89 (VfC)

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91	OwenBargreen.com	Sourced from Syrah vines set in limestone and clay, this reveals sour red fruits that combine with bramble and a dusting of white pepper. This is beautiful terroir. Drink 2022-2029. Owen Bargreen - July 20, 2022
89	View from the Cellar	Porto Regia’s 2019 bottling of 12 Meses Barrica is another excellent bottle of Monastrell, which is one of the most under-appreciated red varieties in Spain as far as I am concerned. This wine too comes in at 14.5 percent alcohol, but comes off nicely precise on the nose, delivering scents of red and black cherries, spiced meats, a hint of garrigue, a lovely base of soil tones, gently savory notes, bonfire and a nice foundation of cedary oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and complex, with a good core of fruit, fine soil signature, modest tannins and a long, balanced and classy finish. This seems a touch lower in acidity than the 2020 “5 Meses Barrica” bottling, which takes away the nice backend lift of the former wine. But, this still has admirable depth and complexity. 2022-2040. John Gilman - Issue #98 March/April 2022

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Porta Regia Monastrell 12 Meses (months) 2020

90+ (VfC)

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90+	View from the Cellar	The 12 Meses bottling from Bodegas Sierra Norte is their old vine cuvée, as these Monastrell vines are fully fifty years of age. Though this wine is aged for twelve months in cask, it sees no new oak and is raised entirely in “two wine” barrels, with the oak origin breaking down as sixty percent French casks and forty percent American barrels. The wine also carries 14.5 percent octane in this vintage, but the fruit expressions are fresher and the wine offers up an excellent bouquet of cassis, dark berries, coffee bean, dark soil tones, cigar smoke and a nice, understated touch of vanillin oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a good chassis of ripe tannin, fine balance and grip and a long, complex and promising finish. This is going to be a very good wine once it is ready to drink and is an absolute steal, as it sells here in the US for only $21 per bottle! 2031-2055+. John Gilman - Issue #103 January/February 2023.

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Porta Regia Monastrell 12 Meses (months) 2022

91 (WE) 90+ (VfC)

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91	Wine Enthusiast	Monastrell from Jumilla is a beautiful thing and so is this bottling. Savory, spiced boysenberry and black-pepper aromas rub up against blueberries on the nose. Concentrated black fruit coats the palate with firm tannins that will show best from 2028 onwards even as you can decant and drink now. Best Buy- R.S –August-September2025
90+	View from the Cellar	The 12 Mesas bottling from Porta Regia comes from some of the oldest vines the winery owns, as these bush vines are fully fifty years of age. The vineyard is farmed organically, is planted on limestone and the wine spends a year aging in barrel, again with the casks “one wine” barrels. The percentage of cooperage is sixty percent American and forty percent French oak for this cuvée. The wine delivers a deep and complex aromatic constellation of cassis, dark berries, coffee bean, gentle meatiness, a fine base of chalky soil, a pretty array of spices, just a touch of raisin and a well done framing of oak. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied and a touch more oaky in personality than the 5 Mesas bottling, with a good core of fruit, fine soil signature, buried, firm tannins and a long, complex and well balanced finish. This has some wood tannins still in need of integration, so give it a bit longer in the cellar before broaching bottles. 2032-2050+. John Gilman, Issue 117, May– June 2025

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