2019 Roc Mencia
VINGÅRD: Mencia 80-100 år gamla blandat med mindre andelar Dona Blanca, Palomino och Alicante Bouschet. Mencia från två mindre vingårdsplotter El Couso och La Ratasom ligger i Valtuille.
JORDMÅN: Sand och lerjord med skiffer.
VINIFIKATION:Druvorna handskördades. 100% hela klasar användes under spontanjäsningen som skedde på stora öppna träfat.Vinet lagrades sedan 14 månader på använda Barrique-fat. En liten andel svavel tillsattes innan buteljering.
2019 was a slightly warmer and drier year than 2018, but the 2019 ROC, like many other top reds from that vintage, doesn't show any heat or excess ripeness. It's a little higher in alcohol (13.7%), but it keeps the balance and poise with more acidity and a little lower pH. It matured in used 228-liter French oak barrels for 16 months. It's a year of high extract and tannin; the reds are more powerful, and they are going to repay time in bottle. This wine has austerity, and more importantly, it has balance. It has depth and minerality, in a different style than 2018, perhaps a more serious version of 2015, which had more fruit; perhaps this is something between 2016 and 2015 and more balanced than the 2017. It should be long lived. 4,725 bottles were filled in April 2021.
Luis Gutierrez Jan 31, 2022
Wine Advocate: 95 Poäng
