Mengoba Mencía de Espanillo 2019 plus-minus the wine is dry

the wine is dry

Pairs well with red tuna

they are balanced rather than powerful

almost inky hue draws you in

But how does it taste

Mengoba Mencía de Espanillo 2019 plus-minus the wine is dryThe vineyard of Espanillo sits at an altitude of 850 metres and is perhaps the highest in Bierzo. Its Prezs flagship vineyard with rocky, fragmented slate and decomposed shale soils, and older vines that are reaching 90 years of age. As with many Spanish vineyards at this age, the parcel is a mixed planting; essentially Menca with 15% Garnacha Tintorera, Estaladia and Godello. Instead of discarding the latter varieties, as many do, Prez feels they