SKU: MOCMEN23
With warm dry summers, and cool wet winters, the Mediterranean climate of McLaren Vale is a very happy home for the Iberian varieties native to Spain and Portugal. Mencía (“Men-thee-ah”) hails from in and around Galicia in North West Spain, in particular Bierzo, Valdeorras, and Riberia Sacra where low yielding schisty hillsides are producing deeply coloured, medium bodied, but deliciously aromatic wines.

Grape Variety

Mencia

Region

McLaren Vale

Size

750ml

Wine Style

Red - juicy, smooth, medium-bodied

Palate

Deeply purple in colour, this wine has the lifted floral aromatics of mencía showing sour cherry, pomegranate, liquorice and crushed rocks. On the nervy and lithe palate, the layered succulent fruit characters that mencía is known for come to the fore, showing mid-weight blackcurrant and raspberry fruit, built upon a bedrock of energetic mineral laced tannin.

Vintage

2023

Food Pairing

Paprika and garlic marinated wood fired lamb chops

Green Tier

This product is from an eco-producer - purchases of this product count towards Green Tier eligibility

”There’s often something slippery and saline of texture to Vale mencía, and it presents here, with a supple, silkily luxurious feel, the variety’s blue and red floral notes perfuming the nose and swirling as the wine draws across the palate. Tart blackberry, blueberry and red cherry, violet lavender and rose, cracked pepper, nori and cacao nib. Fine of tannin and weight, this is a very good example.”
– Marcus Ellis - Australian Wine Companion

Expert Review

Halliday Wine Companion - 93

Estimated delivery 1,722 PTS or $9.90

Ministry of Clouds

Mencia 2023

$456.00
$38.00 per bottle
or
91,200
PTS
7600 PTS per bottle
QTY

12