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The 2020 A Merced was produced with grapes from north-facing vineyards in Ponferrada on slate and quartz soils. It...
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$31.95
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$31.31
The 2021 A Merced is surprisingly a little higher in alcohol than the 2020 I tasted next to it, despite the much...
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$18.00
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$17.10
Sourced from several parcels wityh vines that are at least 50 years old, the blend is 90% Mencia and 10% “other”...
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$22.94
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$22.48
Mencia from 25 year-old vines of Somers Vineyard in Lodi. All organically farmed and hand harvested fruit. 100% whole...
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$62.94
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$61.68
Dark cherry red colour, complex aromas of red stone fruits (black cherry), spices and some hints of undergrowth.
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This is a first release from Sandra and it is almost hard to believe that the wine turned out so beautiful (let’s...
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$62.40
Cherry red with picota rim, medium-high layer. It is intense on the nose, loaded with red and black fruit, balsamic...
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Intensive Red color with violets hints. On nose it is extremely fresh. Red fruits such as berries and wild berries;...
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$1320.22
The 2019 La Faraona comes from the vineyard called El Ferro in the village of Corullón, 0.55 hectares on very steep...
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$1196.54
The pale and delicate 2020 La Faraona is the lowest in alcohol at 13.5% and is more reductive than its...
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$122.67
Deep, bright-hued ruby. Powerful, spice-accented aromas of red berry liqueur, cherry pit, rose oil and incense, with...
750ml - Case of 6
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$135.94
I always like to compare the 2018 Las Lamas with the Moncerbal (and the others!) from the same vintage, as they are...
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$120.27
The grapes used for the 2019 Las Lamas come from a selection of 1.75 hectares they own in the paraje in the village...
750ml - Case of 3
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$133.95
The 2019 Moncerbal is a "vino de paraje," produced with grapes (mostly Mencía but also 4% white grapes) from...
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Dominio Do Bibei Ribeira Sacra Tinto Lalama 2017
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Which to choose? Dominio do Bibei’s Lacima with its sumptuous dark cherry preserve (93pts in my book) or Lalama?...
Grenache Mencia Mencia 750ml
The Grenache grape holds the honor of being the most widely planted wine grape varietal on earth. It has a long and impressive history, and has been the backbone of the some of the planet’s most respected and famed wine regions, blended with Syrah in regions such as Chateauneuf du Pape, and in certain other Loire and Languedoc regions where it reigns supreme as a single varietal wine grape. In other key areas, such as Spain’s La Rioja (where it is known as Garnacha Tinta), it is blended with Tempranillo to make that country’s signature red wine, and is widely used as a blending grape in other old and new world countries, due to its unique character and jammy, fruit forward character.
For a long time, the Grenache grape was somewhat looked down upon as an ignoble varietal, incapable of producing wines of any particular interest. However, times are very much changing - in the right hands, Grenache grapes result in astonishingly intense and complex wines, full of fascinating features, and capable of achieving plenty of expression. For a while now, Grenache has been a major player in Australian wines. While not yet quite as extensively planted down under as Shiraz is, the Barossa Valley is bringing out some of the finest examples of this grape’s wines in recent years.