2023 Quite Mencia
VINGÅRD:Mencia från Valtuille blandat med mindre andelar Dona Blanca, Palomino och Alicante Bouschet med den gemensamma nämnaren att alla vinstockar är 80-100 år gamla.
JORDMÅN: Kalksten och sand med småsten.
VINIFIKATION:Druvorna handskördades och 15% hela klasar användes. Jäsning och 5-7 dagars lätt maceration skedde på ståltank.Vinet lagrades 9 månader på stora använda ekfat 2500-5500 liter. En liten andel svavel tillsattes innan buteljering.
Wine Advocate: 93+ Poäng
The red 2023 Quite was still produced with grapes from Valtuille de Abajo, but the intention is that in the future it will also have some grapes from Cobrana. It fermented with a small percentage of full clusters, depending on the plot, with a short maceration and aged for two winters—the first vintage to do so first in oak vats—and then six more months in 500-liter barrels, because she considers that being from clay and iron soils, it needs a longer élevage, after which it feels more polished. It's more perfumed and floral, finer-boned and still quite young. It's quite varietal, juicy and more elegant than in previous years, sleeker and more polished and showing some minerality. It comes in at 13.5% alcohol, with a pH of 3.5 and 5.2 grams of acidity. It's versatile and easy to drink. 28,000 bottles were filled in March 2025.
Reviewed by: Luis Gutierrez
