Bodegas y Viñedos Castro Ventosa

El Castro de Valtuille Bierzo Mencía

8.7149 ratings
8.520 pro ratings
Bierzo, Castilla y León, Spain
Mencía
Top Notes For
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

8.7

Plums and earth. Mostly earth in the flavors.

Plums and earth. Mostly earth in the flavors.

Dec 2nd, 2020
April Amys

A beautiful and sentimental wine for me. Rich, with floral and graphite notes on a backbone of subtle black fruits. Texturally very elegant with big but silky tannins.

A beautiful and sentimental wine for me. Rich, with floral and graphite notes on a backbone of subtle black fruits. Texturally very elegant with big but silky tannins.

3 people found it helpfulSep 14th, 2014
Tom Kobylarz

Needs time, as it was unrelenting at first with a Coravin. Over 5 days it helped open things up, so if you open now be prepared for a long decant or its #tightcity. #mencia #bierzo

Needs time, as it was unrelenting at first with a Coravin. Over 5 days it helped open things up, so if you open now be prepared for a long decant or its #tightcity. #mencia #bierzo

2 people found it helpfulMar 14th, 2016
Robbie Ward

Brambly red fruits. Nice bit of spice. Fantastic value. The full package

Brambly red fruits. Nice bit of spice. Fantastic value. The full package

2 people found it helpfulFeb 28th, 2015
Katarina Holmér

Might need some more time opened.

Might need some more time opened.

2 people found it helpfulSep 12th, 2013
Charlie Evans

Had a cool menthol thing going on. Enjoyable.

Had a cool menthol thing going on. Enjoyable.

1 person found it helpfulMay 11th, 2016
Victor Charcan

Had enjoyed more previous vintages. High acidity and a bit green red fruit (unripe).

Had enjoyed more previous vintages. High acidity and a bit green red fruit (unripe).

Dec 22nd, 2015
Franck Gestin

Good and simple.

Good and simple.

Nov 17th, 2015
Tom Kobylarz

For those not familiar with Spanish wine terms "Joven" means "young" in English and is a wine at a minimum released for sale in the year following the vintage of the wine. So we have fresh and ready to drink immediately wine that is not meant to be aged. If you think about it globally the majority of wine for sale is Joven wine.

Here we have fresh crushed raspberry, bing cherry, and some sweet mint. Medium acidity with fine supple tannins we are ready to go here!

For those not familiar with Spanish wine terms "Joven" means "young" in English and is a wine at a minimum released for sale in the year following the vintage of the wine. So we have fresh and ready to drink immediately wine that is not meant to be aged. If you think about it globally the majority of wine for sale is Joven wine.

Here we have fresh crushed raspberry, bing cherry, and some sweet mint. Medium acidity with fine supple tannins we are ready to go here!

Aug 27th, 2015
Victor Charcan

Red and black fruit, powerful yet silky tannins, medium body with good length

Red and black fruit, powerful yet silky tannins, medium body with good length

Dec 7th, 2014