PARAJE MARÍN
The area called Estrecho de Marín, where the Viña Elena bodega is located, lies in a valley flanked by two majestic mountains: “Rajica de Enmedio” in the east and “Solana Sopalmo” in the west. This is DO Jumilla’s warmest, driest region and it’s here where we strive and toil to produce balanced, fresh grapes in a bid to steer clear of the age-old concept of over-ripeness.
The vines used to make this wine are planted on both sides of the valley: those in the east are subject to more shade and give the wine freshness, minerality and elegance, while those in the west are subject to more sunlight and give the wine the characteristic maturity and warmth of the Monastrell grape variety.
These goblet-pruned vines, which are planted using traditional distances of 2.8×2.8m in permeable, stony soils, capture and retain precious moisture from the region’s scant rainfall by bedding their roots deep into the fathomless soils in order to survive periods of extreme drought.
| Paraje Marin | Technical notes | |
|---|---|
| CHARACTERISTICS | |
| Bodega | Viña Elena |
| Brand | Bruma del Estrecho de Marín | Paraje Marín |
| DOP | Jumilla |
| Type | Unoaked, concrete ageing |
| Vintage | 2024 |
| Variety | 100% Monastrell |
| ABV | 14.5% by vol. |
| Production | 24,407 bottles |
| VINEYARD | |
| Name | Combination of different plots, located in the Marin Valley, southern sub-zone of the D.O.P. Jumilla. |
| Description | Organic certified, dry-farmed, bush vines, hand harvested. All plots were planted in low density (2,70 x 2,70 m). |
| Altitude | 380 - 400 m.a.s.l. |
| Age | The age of the vines vary from 15 to 35 years old |
| Soil | Limestone |
| Climate | Dry Mediterranean |
| Annual rainfall | 179 mm in 2024 |
| PRODUCTION | |
| Harvest | Between last week of August and first week of September 2024, hand harvested. |
| Winemaking | It ferments with the native yeasts from the grapes themselves, in stainless steel tanks at temperatures below 27 °C. Slow malolactic fermentation in concrete. Aged for 5 months in concrete tanks in the old winery (a facility dating back to 1948). Not fined and not cold stabilized. |
| Bottling | March 25, 2025 |
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