{"product_id":"el-castro-de-valtuille-mencia","title":"El Castro de Valtuille Mencia 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eBorn and raised in Bierzo, Raul Perez's delicious and vibrant Mencia features fresh mineral-tinged redcurrant and cherry scents with very good clarity and a subtle floral overtone.  Tangy, focused and pure on the palate, offering intense flavors of cherry, blackcurrant and red berry. It shows a light touch that's quite pinot-like, along with a hint of smokiness that carries through a long, mineral-driven finish.  If this wine were to be tasted blind, then it would be full of surprises, revealing a host of nuances that result in the creation of a very fine Mencia. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Most wine lovers, I suspect, have never heard of Bierzo, but word is getting around. And if you get the opportunity to taste one from there; do it!  With its haunting, exotic wildflower, licorice and fruit flavors, you can't help but remember it.” \u003cstrong\u003eEric Asimov, The New York Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''The mencia varietal creates wonderfully scented, deeply fruit-driven red wines alive with strawberry, blackcurrant and mulberry juiciness. Mencia has something of the character of serious Beaujolais, or Loire Valley cabernet franc, yet also a character of its own.'' \u003cstrong\u003eSusy Atkins, The Telegraph (UK)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alimentaria","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31950454292544,"sku":"28635","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/7850\/9120\/products\/whynot6fMd3PqDRUyAB9ATNkO8Rg_pb_x600_f776e51f-fbd2-4d8b-84fc-7f3a4c8d3e21.png?v=1598533215","url":"https:\/\/europeanwinestore.com.au\/products\/el-castro-de-valtuille-mencia","provider":"European Wine Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}