2019 La Linea Mencia Red

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Chunky, grippy Mencia from the Adelaide Hills, packed with ripe berry goodness.

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Mencia is the traditional red grape of the wine regions of Galicia, that cooler north-west corner of Spain, generally making intense but mid-weight wines, though with a fair amount of natural tannin.

This Mencia comes from the first block planted in the Adelaide Hills, but the variety's success has seen other plantings follow suit - it may well be a variety/region perfect match...

It is a more rustic, dusty version of Mencia, but still vibrates with fresh berry fruit and lively acidity.

It’s a simple approach: don’t pick too ripe; don’t over-extract; don’t mask the fruit with excess oak or maturation time.


The wine has been very consistent in style from the get-go: drop-dead beautiful crimson colour and an emphasis on fresh, bright fruit (hints of white pepper, red cherries and red flowers…); all carried on a medium-weighted frame which is taut, with lovely gravelly but gentle tannins. Mencia will certainly play a role in the Hills for years to come.

95 Points - "From a single site in Lenswood, grafted in 2014/15 onto semillon vines. Saignée done to the tune of approx. 8%. On skins for 7 days on skins in open fermenter, pressed and transferred to old (4–10 yo) French oak, mlf in barrel. Racked, blended, bottled. Only a handful are crafting this variety at the moment, hopefully more will see its pleasantries. Cherry and dusty white pepper, a most desirable palate weight and flow. Very distinctive tannins that start in the juice then rise and gently pucker. Encourages follow-up pours. I'll have mine with a char-grilled steak and bearnaise." - Tony Love (Halliday Wine Companion)

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