Jay Kline

9.0

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. The 2020 “Pétalos” pours a deep purple color with a magenta rim and an opaque core; medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with ripe and tart black fruits: blackberries, black cherry, salmiakki, horse blanket, and mixed earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. A crazy, ambitious wine that’s the result of assembling over 300 plots. Between Raúl Perez and Palacios, Mencia doesn’t get much better. Drink now through 2030. — 18 days ago

Veronica

9.6

Me encanta — a month ago

Scott Kahn

9.5

Wonderfully rich Garnacha that was tasted alongside of the sister wines from Priorat and Rioja. — 5 months ago

Doug Powers

9.2

Extremely youthful Malvasia Branco from the Colares (Portugal) region, which means these vines are planted in sand, this seems incredibly youthful, nice aromatics, but needs at least another 5+ years of cellaring to develop further complexity and become ready to drink, really an unique wine, but I wasn’t patient enough. — 10 days ago

with Jim

Scott Kahn

9.0

Always fun to explore an indigenous varietal from Spain - especially when Alvaro Palacios is involved. I found this Mencia wine to be medium bodied with good acidity and structured tannins that were present in this young wine but not obnoxiously so. The fruit is darker dried red fruit that proved to be a good compliment with grilled shishito peppers. It was so nice to dive into a new aspect of Spain’s wine history. — 3 months ago

Ed Chin

9.2

Bruised apples and bread that was just fabulously balanced by the acidity. I would have scored higher if the bubbles were more present. — 5 months ago

Doug Powers

9.3

Saddle leather, pencil lead, fresh, crisp red fruit aromatics and flavors, the leather notes run throughout but do not show barnyard or Brett, great balance and acidity, long, lingering finish, I just love Colares, amazing the depth and length this shows at 11.0% ABV!! — a month ago

with Jim

Peter Sultan

8.9

Tropics wine (cont): supermarket wine with enough depth & roundness to its green & yellow fruits — a month ago

W Box

8.9

Beach style — 4 months ago

Alvaro Bustillos

9.5

Comida jorge baeza con winegeeks chih — 5 months ago