Mencía - Alicante Bouschet, Mengoba

Mencía - Alicante Bouschet, Mengoba - 2021

750 mL
Item # 51152

A robust red wine. Winemaker, Gregory Perez, has acquired some prime, old-vine plots that had been abandoned, and is making some incredible Spanish red wines worthy of your attention. Hand-harvested fruit was partially destemmed before fermentation. Aged in old foudre barrels before bottling.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2021
Country
Spain
Region
Ribeira Sacra
Producer
Mengoba
Grape Variety
Mencía
Alicante Bouchet
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Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

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Ribeira Sacra

Though this DO was only created in 1996, wine has been produced along the “sacred banks” of the Sil River in Galicia ever since the Romans came to town, bringing with them the knowledge that terraces make the best vineyards. The river exerts its cooling influence on the vines (mostly Mencía), which cling to their spots on terraced vineyards cut steeply up the riverbanks. Vines must struggle for nutrients here, and this gives concentration to the fruit. The red wines of Ribeira Sacra are...

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