Community Tasting Notes 13

• broccoliflower wrote: 89 points

  December 6, 2023 - Brett upon opening. Took some time to blow off. I like acid but this was a bit much for me. Only drank half a glass on night 1.
  
  Night 2 much more pleasurable, more in line with others' descriptions. Wonderful dried herbs and dusty fine tannins. Leads me to believe there's some real upside to cellaring for several years.

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• ledocq Likes this wine:

  November 15, 2023 - I feel I'm not quite the target audience. A tn below mentioned it as the hypothetical burgundy/rhone hybrid and that's kind of right, but it just didn't excite me. Had a pretty acidic finish that I didn't dig. Went with eggplant parmesan just fine.

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• acyso wrote: 88 points

  August 26, 2023 - Saturday hangout at Domaine (Chicago, IL): Dried herbs give this an almost Brunello-like profile, and in fact the red fruit and modest tannins also point in that direction. There's a little bit of a natty bent to this where you get some off flavours on the backpalate. Not quite mousy, but close...

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• eoinhharkins Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 17, 2023 - Lots of pretty red fruit, earthy minerals, dried herbs on the nose, rustic mouthfeel almost like a northern rhone meet burgundy in texture, medium plus acidity , slight austere feel to the fruit on the finish

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• GTFreek wrote:

  April 19, 2023 - Light smoke, game, amongst pretty red fruits, lavender. Palate is very nice, light but serious, dried herbs, medium light tannins frame it perfectly, dusty feel. Not a profile I've seen from Mencia before.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas y Viñedos Castro Ventosa
• Varietal Mencía
• Designation Valtuille Cepas Centenarias
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Bierzo

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• Pending Delivery 8 (2%)
• In Cellars 370 (81%)
• Consumed 78 (17%)

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