Vinos Valtuille Pago de Valdoneje Mencia 2012
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Varietal: 100% Mencia
Mencía is the grape of choice in this Continental climate. And the García family, owners of the Valdoneje plot, have some really old vine mencía. At least 80 year old, planted by their previous generations. With this raw material Dimas García founded in 1999 Vinos Valtuille, and his son Marcos continues with his work, based on good care for the land and an obsession for quality over quantity. They strongly believe in the idea of remaining small to deliver the best quality possible, but this hasn´t been an obstacle for being present in so many different markets, including China, Brasil, Germany, the UK and Japan. They only make two wines, both of them 100% Mencía: one for early consumption and the other one, Viñas Viejas, meant to be aged and enjoyed over time.
Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.
Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.