What type of wine is Mencia?
red wine
WHAT IS MENCIA WINE? Mencia is a medium-bodied red wine producing black grape. It’s found in North-West Spain and Northern Portugal, where it is known as ‘Jaen’. Like Godello (a white grape from the same area), it has previously suffered from Phylloxera, almost becoming extinct in the 1980’s.
What is Spanish Mencia?
Mencia is a red wine grape native to northwest Spain. Synonymous with the red wines of Bierzo, it has enjoyed something of a revival in recent decades following years of producing light and astringent wines. Mencia wines tend to exhibit earthy, vegetal characters with berry nuances and stony minerality.
What does Mencia taste like?
Taste of Mencía The color tells us that Mencía has high anthocyanin (the red pigment in wine). On the palate you’ll be greeted with peppery flavors of sour cherry, red currant and pomegranate along with a bitter cherry pit flavor which comes from the wine’s tannin.
Is Mencia wine sweet?
Dry
Mencía/Sweetness of resulting wine
What do you eat with Mencia?
Top pairings
- Top food matches for mencia.
- Cecina.
- Almost any kind of grilled meat especially pork and lamb.
- Hearty stews.
- Empanadas.
- Sheep cheese.
- Warm salads.
- Pizza and pasta.
Should Mencia be chilled?
Over in north-west Spain, the Atlantic coastal breezes temper the mencia grapes to delicious, fresh effect, which can really be enhanced with just under an hour in the fridge on a hot day. The slight chilling will emphasise the supple flavours of chocolate, (also improved with chilling) dark cherries and blackberries.
What food goes with Mencia?
The best food pairings for Mencia
- Top food matches for mencia.
- Cecina.
- Almost any kind of grilled meat especially pork and lamb.
- Hearty stews.
- Empanadas.
- Sheep cheese.
- Warm salads.
- Pizza and pasta.