| Name: | Flavium Seleccion Mencia |
| Variety: | Mencia |
| Region: | Bierzo |
| Country: | Spain |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Price: | $13 |
Winery Review:
Deeply colored, this wine offers raspberry, cherry cola, and cranberry aromas as well as a touch of tarragon. The palate has pomegranate, red cherry and plum fruits, with thyme, dark chocolate, and mineral notes. Medium in body with rounded but firm tannins. A tasty wine for sipping or food.
Wine Folly:
Mencia (p. 135) Wine folly indicates that tart cherry is the main fruit note. There is some cherry here, and tartness but the cherry is on the darker side. The book says licorice, and thats close but this bottle is further into florals and spices. The book recommends 5-20 years in the bottle and this spent 10 and it developed some nice complexity in that time.
My Review:
I really like this bottle. Its tart, the nose is all red fruit, cherry, and there is a herbal complexity, dill or thyme. Maybe something floral. Hydrangea comes to mind. The taste is much the same, and when you can place the herbal and floral notes they shine through the acidity. The fruit is a little on the sweeter side, with a that is difficult to place. Maybe persimmon. Overall its great, well balanced and very complex.
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