Picantal Mencia Prada Tope Palacio de Canedo - 2011

A rather special, rich and intense Spanish red made from 100% organic Mercia grapes. If budget is no obstacle this is really quite a unique and interesting wine and well worth a punt. We loved it.

Manual harvest, cluster by cluster and fermented with its natural yeasts. Raised in the presence of its fine lees by periodically suspending them (batonnage) for 14 months in French oak barrels.

Tasting

The terroir from which it comes is clearly expressed. The barrel only seeks to raise the wine, make it bigger and bulky, and not cover the variety. Cherry red color with violet reflections and well covered. In olfactory phase it is enormously elegant with notes of English bonbon wrapped in red fruits, which are evolving in the glass and giving rise to new records. In the mouth it is solid, resounding and large, with a lot of volume, initially giving silky sensations due to the work with the lees and then reaching a fruit explosion that persists over time.