MENCÍA, A UNIQUE RED GRAPE NATIVE TO WESTERN SPAIN AND NORTHERN PORTUGAL

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Photo from: Jaime Martínez G.

variety of red grape native of northwestern Spain where it is used to make Galician wine with a velvety texture. See blog titled aterciopelado  published December 18, 2011. It produces wines with fruity or floral flavors. Wineries producing Mencía wines include: Valdeorras, Monterrei and Ribeira. 2. the vineyard producing it, which are only in Galicia and western León, Spain and northern Portugal. Mencía grapes are not grown elsewhere.  [Ares. “Comidas.” 1994:122; Delgado. 1994:151; and García Rey. 1934:110]