Guímaro Mencía, Camiño Real - 2020

Name: Guímaro Mencía, Camiño Real
Brand: Guímaro
SKU: 41302
Price: 26.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

750 mL

Item # 41302

Camiño Real is from 40 to 60 year old Mencía parcels around the town of Amandi. Spontaneously fermented with whole clusters in open top vats. The wine was aged in different sized casks before bottling unfiltered. A richer type of Mencía. A red wine to pair with beef tenderloin with miushrooms.

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Color

Red

Vintage

2020

Country

Spain

Region

Ribeira Sacra

Producer

Guímaro

Grape Variety

Mencía

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

Wines from Ribera Sacra are often overshadowed by those of its more famous neighbors like Rioja and Ribera del Duero, but don't let their under-the-radar status fool you. There are some real gems to be found. Like this Mencia-based blend from Pedro Rodriguez, whose family has been making wine in the region for generations. Vines grow on steep slopes (think Mosel) making for challenging harvests, but lending the wines a bright freshness. This blend is mostly old-vine Mencia with a handful of other local varieties. It opens with aromas of raspberry, cherry & spice, while on the palate the red fruit leads to a deeper core of dark fruit (blackberry), smoked herbs & leather. It's beautifully balanced, dense without being heavy and silky smooth. The obvious pairing is roast pork, but monkfish with a chorizo sauce would be downright inspired.

- ALM

Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

Ribeira Sacra

Though this DO was only created in 1996, wine has been produced along the “sacred banks” of the Sil River in Galicia ever since the Romans came to town, bringing with them the knowledge that terraces make the best vineyards. The river exerts its cooling influence on the vines (mostly Mencía), which cling to their spots on terraced vineyards cut steeply up the riverbanks. Vines must struggle for nutrients here, and this gives concentration to the fruit. The red wines of Ribeira Sacra are...