Raul Pérez

La Penitencia Mencía Blend

9.326 ratings
9.45 pro ratings
Ribeira Sacra, Galicia, Spain
Red Blend
Game, Baking Spices, Duck, Goose, Potato, Chili & Hot Spicy, White Rice, Exotic Spices, Pasta, Herbs, Beans & Peas, Onion, Chicken, Pork, Venison, Salami & Prosciutto, Pungent Cheese, Soft Cheese, Mushrooms, Tomato-Based, Turkey, Veal, Hard Cheese
Top Notes For
Jay Kline

Over the last few years, I’ve grown quite fond of Raul Pérez’s wines. The challenge is, some of them can be rather elusive. “La Penitencia” is one of those wines. So I was pretty excited to try this. Popped and poured; consumed over three days. Wine pours deep ruby bordering purple and slightly turbid with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity. There does appear to be a small amount of fine sediment clinging to the side of the glass. On the nose, the wine is intense. There’s obvious presence of VA and overall, comes across natty; more than any other Raul Pérez wine I’ve had before. That being said, it is remarkably fresh with notes of cherry and blackberry; the pits, seeds, stems and all. There’s also spices, cinder block, and un-excavated basement. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+, bordering on high acid. Again, bright red and dark fruits along with pomegranate, grapefruit, and basil. The finish is a touch mousey with a biscuity sort of thing happening but it’s tolerable and I’m pretty sensitive. This would be too wild for many. Reminds me a bit of Fabio Gea’s “Onde Gravitational”. Plenty of life ahead for these. As it stands, I have another bottle and I won’t be in any particular rush to drink it. Lovely stuff.

Over the last few years, I’ve grown quite fond of Raul Pérez’s wines. The challenge is, some of them can be rather elusive. “La Penitencia” is one of those wines. So I was pretty excited to try this. Popped and poured; consumed over three days. Wine pours deep ruby bordering purple and slightly turbid with a near opaque core; medium+ viscosity. There does appear to be a small amount of fine sediment clinging to the side of the glass. On the nose, the wine is intense. There’s obvious presence of VA and overall, comes across natty; more than any other Raul Pérez wine I’ve had before. That being said, it is remarkably fresh with notes of cherry and blackberry; the pits, seeds, stems and all. There’s also spices, cinder block, and un-excavated basement. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+, bordering on high acid. Again, bright red and dark fruits along with pomegranate, grapefruit, and basil. The finish is a touch mousey with a biscuity sort of thing happening but it’s tolerable and I’m pretty sensitive. This would be too wild for many. Reminds me a bit of Fabio Gea’s “Onde Gravitational”. Plenty of life ahead for these. As it stands, I have another bottle and I won’t be in any particular rush to drink it. Lovely stuff.

Feb 10th, 2022
Felipe Ferreiro

Sommelier/Wine Director Restaurante Las Rias Bajas

9.5

Capa media alta, densidad media, en nariz vegetal, pimienta y notas herbáceas. En boca espectacular entrada fina y elegante, gran paso y final aterciopelado, largo... Un descubrimiento de @sibaritastur para la cata de #gijonenvino #sibaritastur

Capa media alta, densidad media, en nariz vegetal, pimienta y notas herbáceas. En boca espectacular entrada fina y elegante, gran paso y final aterciopelado, largo... Un descubrimiento de @sibaritastur para la cata de #gijonenvino #sibaritastur

Dec 14th, 2015
Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

9.6

2013. The ill subliminal. In style and philosophy it's basically a "Spanish Burgundy" made from a Mencia blend. #SiteSpecific

2013. The ill subliminal. In style and philosophy it's basically a "Spanish Burgundy" made from a Mencia blend. #SiteSpecific

Jul 3rd, 2015
Ely Cohn

Raul Perez, Mencia wizard and human garden gnome, makes some of the most innovative and highly allocated wines from anywhere. I don’t often drink stuff this good. Sometimes you need to be reminded that average and good wines are made for relaxation and enjoyment and that extraordinary wines are art.

La penitencia could be the best thing I’ve ever opened at home. It’s elegant and bootlegged. The front label probably designed in an Internet cafe, the back label looks like it was cut and glued by a five year old. These things make it lovable because it’s so bad and it’s so good.

Pours a browned purple motor oil. The aromas fly. Perfumes of red and blue colored berries, clove, spice, leather. Like a brand new catchers mitt that needs some oil and some love. Feels of plush berry fruit and flavors of prunes and macerated strawberries and boxed raisins that seem to hang around for about as many years as I waited to open this thing.

Raul Perez, Mencia wizard and human garden gnome, makes some of the most innovative and highly allocated wines from anywhere. I don’t often drink stuff this good. Sometimes you need to be reminded that average and good wines are made for relaxation and enjoyment and that extraordinary wines are art.

La penitencia could be the best thing I’ve ever opened at home. It’s elegant and bootlegged. The front label probably designed in an Internet cafe, the back label looks like it was cut and glued by a five year old. These things make it lovable because it’s so bad and it’s so good.

Pours a browned purple motor oil. The aromas fly. Perfumes of red and blue colored berries, clove, spice, leather. Like a brand new catchers mitt that needs some oil and some love. Feels of plush berry fruit and flavors of prunes and macerated strawberries and boxed raisins that seem to hang around for about as many years as I waited to open this thing.

Feb 4th, 2021
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9.5

Nariz ródano, boca equilibrada

Nariz ródano, boca equilibrada

May 26th, 2018
Benjamin Hickey

Rounded nice interstates acid, rolls on! Fresh.

Rounded nice interstates acid, rolls on! Fresh.

Aug 8th, 2017
Paul Phelps

Lots of finesse and depth and just absurd aromatics.

Lots of finesse and depth and just absurd aromatics.

May 19th, 2017
Dick Schinkel

2010 !

2010 !

Dec 15th, 2016
Dick Schinkel

2010

Dec 16th, 2014
Paul Boguszewski

Contains the Bastardo grape. Soft and elegant. Not bad.

Contains the Bastardo grape. Soft and elegant. Not bad.

Nov 29th, 2014