Portico del Castillo 2002 Yecla Monastrell ($9.99)
This Monastrell (Mourvedre) hails from Yecla, a small and rather obscure wine region in Southeastern Spain, near Jumilla. Very dark reddish-purple in color, it shows almost a bluish cast.
Monastrell
[Valcarcelia]
Also known as, Ministral, Alcayata, Valcarcelia.
MONASTRELL
See Mourvedre.
MONBADON
See Burger.
MONDEUSE
A minor grape grown in the Savoie region of France. Usually blended with Altesse to create Roussette de Savoie. May be identical to the Refosco grape of Italy.
Monastrell is Spain's second most planted red grape which is known as Mourvèdre in France and Mataro in some parts of the New World ...
Monastrell (Mourvèdre)
As Mourvèdre in France, this red grape is fashionable. but in Spain it is Monastrell and the black grape is declining in popularity. However, it adds stalwart and rustic animal tones to wine.
MONASTRELL: (aka Morrastel). Recent DNA evidence (3/98) suggests that the library varieties from UC Davis, California and Montpellier, France used in the tests are identical to Moristel and have no relationship to Mourvèdre.
MONASTRELL:
(see Mourvedre below).
MONBADON:
(See Burger above).
Mourvèdre, Monastrell, or Mataro is a variety of wine grape grown around the world. It is Spain's second-most widely planted red wine grape after Garnacha Tinta and was once Provence's most popular grape.
Mad Dogs & Englishmen Shiraz Cabernet Monastrell has a deep, rich nose of earth, spice, and cooked black fruits. The nose actually reminds me more of a Rhone wine, such as a Gigondas or Vacqueyras.
Mourvèdre as a cultivated wine variety originated in Spain, where it is called monastrell.
Jumilla - Area in Murcia known for robust red wines whose best wines are made with the Monastrell and Petit Verdot grapes. L'Ermita is a great winery.
In Spain the variety is known as Murviedro, Mataro, Monastrell, Morastell, l'Espar or Tinto. In France it is also known as Mataro, Carignane in Hérault, Balzac in the Cognac region and as l'Espar in Languedoc.
where are produced light red wines; Navarra, near the Rioja, known for the production of its rose wines; Somontano, located near the Pyrenees, which produces white wines with Chardonnay and Chenin Blanc, as well as good reds produced with Monastrell, ...
Also widely grown in Spain - (where it is thought to have originated) - and has the name Monastrell. Common aliases, probably due to early mis-identification, in Australia are Mataro, Morrastel and Graciano.
California, where the grape is often called the Mataro, produce a wine that sometimes develops the "green tea-like" herbal character that Rhone region french growers refer to as "animale". Also widely grown in Spain where it has the name Monastrell.
 See also: Wine, Red, Grape, Spain, White
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