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Bodega Encima El Mago Mencia

Bierzo, Spain
Mencia
Bierzo is the emerging region in Spain. The cool, high-altitude vineyards do something unique with the local mencia grape. This makes the wine from winegrower Benito full of juicy red fruit, tension and surprisingly mineral.

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Bodega Encima El Mago Mencia

€9.99

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About the winemaker

“Bierzo is the big exception to the Spanish rule. While most wine regions make strong wines and attribute quality to maturation in wooden barrels, in Bierzo we do so in vineyards. Actually just like in Burgundy, not every vineyard produces the same quality grapes. For this wine I use grapes from my oldest and most high-altitude vineyards.”

Benito otero

Product information
Winemaker Benito Otero
Wine estate Bodegas Encima
Grape mencia
Year 2023
Origin Bierzo, Spain
Harvest per hectare 40 hl/ha
Grapevines 80 years old
Soil clay, slate
Alcohol percentage 13%
Vine culture organic
   
Tasting profile blush (soft, light red)
Tastes like cherries, liqorice, mineral, raspberry, roses
Pair with burritos, poultry, satay, whitefish
Bierzo, Spain
Bierzo is a small wine region in northern Spain, just above the border with Portugal. You can see it as a transition area between cool Galicia and the warmer wine regions inland, such as the Ribera del Duero. The wines from Bierzo have the fresh minerality that you also find in the Rías Baixas, for example, but they can also develop riper notes. Since the area was given the status of Denominacion de Origen (DO) in 1988, winemakers have stopped making wine from imported grape varieties and switched completely to authentic varieties. For red it is mencía and for white it is godello. The Mencia grape is related to the French cabernet franc.
Reviews
Below you will find all the reviews about this wine. If we are sure that a review is written by a verified buyer, it is shown first and weighs more heavily in the average rating.
4.4 5
Päivi
HAARLEM | 15-07-2024

Lekkere zomerwijn!

Majanka
Loosdrecht | 25-06-2024

Ontzettend lekker. Gekoeld te drinken. Smaakvol en heerlijk op een zomerse avond, je waant je direct in Spanje. Je proeft het fruit. Fris, vol en smaakvol. Zonder het zure wat witte wijnen vaak kunnen hebben. Bij ons ligt er een voorraadje om de koeling

Charlotte
Nijmegen | 14-06-2024

Heerlijke rode wijn uit Bierzo, Spanje! Een stevige rode wijn vol sappig rood fruit, spanning en mineraal. Lekker! Precies hoe ik rode wijn graag drink. Dus zeker voor herhaling vatbaar!

Rik
REVIEW | 12-10-2024

Carlos
REVIEW | 10-07-2024

4.4/5 5 Reviews
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