Godelia Mencia Red 2015, Do Bierzo
Critic Reviews (3)
Now here’s a lively little bit of mencía revelry, a tight, swarthy and oh so natural red from Bierzo with the idea of...
We've been saying it for awhile but the mencia grape is new shining star in Spain, offering reds with colour, body...
Ripe and perfumed, this is attractive, dark fruit-scented mencía from northwestern Spain, with floral-violet and...
Community Reviews (1)
I'm more in agreement with John Szabo on this one as opposed to David or Michael. 100% Mencia from the Bierzo DO in NW Spain. From the warm 2015 vintage. The nose is quite lovely and maturing with floral violet, dried fruit, vanilla, clove, licorice, iodine, smoke and leather - so good complexity. But the palate is where it disappoints, with unpleasant chalky aggressive tannins, out of balance high alcohol, and what seems to me acidification that is not integrated. Further a bitter finish adds to the unpleasantness. These issues may or may not resolve with more bottle aging. Sept. 2021.