2019 Mencía, Silvaspoons Vineyards
Ursa's third bottling of Mencía. Winemakers Greg Stokes and Deborah Elissagaray make this wine in the same style that they make Pinot Noir wines.
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Wine Specs
Vintage
2019
Appellation
Alta Mesa
Sugar
23 brix
pH
3.8
Aging
18 months in 100% neutral French oak
Alcohol %
12.8
Wine Profile
Tasting Notes
Velvety texture with notes of blackberry, black cherry, fig, black pepper, tobacco, leather, cordial cherry, chanterelle mushroom, clove, forest floor, ripe plum, sage, bark, black truffle, and sesame oil
Awards
Gold/90 pts – 2023 Orange County Fair; Silver/91 pts – 2023 California State Fair; Silver – 2023 El Dorado County Fair
Food Pairing Notes
Beef stroganoff, pheasant with mushroom gravy, coq au vin, paella with chorizo
Production
140 cases