Alberto Orte, ‘A Portella’ Mencia 2015

Region: Valdeorras, Spain Varietal: 100% Mencia Tasting notes:  Vibrant ruby color. Fresh red/blue fruits, incense and pot-pourri on the perfumed nose, with suggestions of exotic spices, smoky minerals and licorice building as the wine opens up. Offers energetic raspberry, boysenberry and violet pastille flavors that gain sweetness with air and show sharp delineation and mineral cut. A seamless, spice-laced finish shows excellent tenacity, a subtle trace of tannins, lingering spicecake and candied red fruit notes. Producer:  After founding Ole Imports in 1999, Patrick Mata and his partner Alberto Orte Espejo decided in 2003 to establish another company that was directly involved in the production of wine in different areas of Spain. The result was Vinos Atlántico, whose fundamental mission is to find great vineyard-sites and indigenous varietals from old vines in high elevation vineyards. Vineyard and Winemaking:  A Portela - meaning "a Doorstep to heaven" - is the name of the hig