ON-368043 QC-12413291

Godelia Mencia Red 2015, Do Bierzo

Red Blend Red Blend
Galicia, Spain

$24.95 (368043)

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October 03, 2020

Critic Reviews (3)

Michael Godel
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Michael Godel

Now here’s a lively little bit of mencía revelry, a tight, swarthy and oh so natural red from Bierzo with the idea of...

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David Lawrason
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David Lawrason

We've been saying it for awhile but the mencia grape is new shining star in Spain, offering reds with colour, body...

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John Szabo, MS
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John Szabo, MS

Ripe and perfumed, this is attractive, dark fruit-scented mencí­a from northwestern Spain, with floral-violet and...

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Community Reviews (1)

David Brodati, DipWSET
David Brodati, DipWSET

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.

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