Mengoba Mencia 2014 the-wine-front elegance and energy – while

elegance and energy – while the balance is raised in traditional concrete vats

It’s refreshing and very easy to drink

Here the red-juiced Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) vines grow on chalky/clay soils at 930 meters of altitude

The Isolation Ridge Riesling is always the best wine Frankland Estate can produce from their vineyard in any given year

black currant and dark cherry fruit and also inky spice

Mengoba Mencia 2014 the-wine-front elegance and energy – whileThis wine is fermented with a portion of whole bunches (20%) and raised only in large 5000 litre Grenier foudre. The Menca fruit which accounts for 85% of the blend hails from two, slate laden plots in the Bierzo mountains. The first plot is Prez's marquee Espanillo vineyard, where the average age of the bush vines is 80 years old. The second site (accounting for 40% of the blend) is a 30 year old vineyard in Valtuille that sits at 550 metres