Ribas del Cua Bierzo Mencia 2023 Vintage:2023 to maximize the interplay between

to maximize the interplay between those thick skins and the juice inside

baking spices – cinnamon and nutmeg and allspice – orange oil and baker’s chocolate

The new oak is a bit prominent at this stage

Only a pinch of sulfur at bottling

and they are dense

Ribas del Cua Bierzo Mencia 2023 Vintage:2023 to maximize the interplay betweenAlong the banks of the Cua river, a family run cooperative of more than 250 individual holdings coalesced in the 1980s. While winemakers from Priorat flew in and brought fame and attention to the Bierzo region with their heavy handed, oaky, and expensive Mencias, the women of Ribas del Cua continued making a simple, unadorned yet totally delicious Mencia without fanfare. A new generation of winemakers returned to Bierzo in the 2000s and climbed high