Ribas del Cúa Joven Mencía
Ribas del Cúa Joven Mencía
£13.50
Tasting Notes
This wine has a beautiful cherry red colour with violet tones. On the nose it offers great aromatic intensity, dominated by the series of red fruits (raspberries, cassis, and currant) and black fruits (blackberry and cherry), as well as tropical fruits (banana and pineapple), preserving the vegetal character of the Mencía variety. On the palate it is very pleasant, fresh, balanced, unctuous and long, with a very intense aromatic finish of fruit salad.
Producer Profile
Ribas del Cúa is a family-owned winery in Bierzo, dedicated to producing characterful wines from native varieties such as Mencía and Godello, expressing the unique terroir of the Cúa River valley.
Viticulture
Finca Robledo extends around the winery, forming an extension of 60 hectares, where the Mencía variety, a native grape from the El Bierzo region, occupies most of the plantation area. Other varieties such as Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot complete a unique terrain that offers the best conditions for growing quality grapes.
Its favourable northern orientation lengthens the vine’s vegetative cycle in a relatively warm area, which allows us to obtain more aromatic and fresh wines, endowed with a longer life in the bottle.
Their vineyard sits on a very deep alluvial soil, with abundant boulders that are very suitable to produce exquisite wines.
Harvesting begins when the grapes are at the precise moment of maturity. In this way, thanks to the exhaustive control to which it is subjected throughout the vegetative period, to the selection in the field and the speed with which the harvest is carried out, it allows them to obtain a harvest with the optimum quality and degree.
Winemaking
Starting from a rigorously controlled and selected vintage in the vineyard, this red wine was produced using the whole grain fermentation technique, as a system to obtain the maximum possible fruit expression. The berries are pressed before the drained must finishes the alcoholic fermentation and continues along with the must from the whole pressed grains.
All this process is carried out at a low fermentation temperature and is refined with a gentle clarification and stabilisation of the wine before bottling.
Goes well with
Patatas bravas.
Cellaring
Best drunk when young.
| Style | Still Wine |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2024 |
| ABV | 14% |
| Grapes | Mencía (Jaen in Portugal) |
| Blend | Mencía 100% |
| Format | Standard (750 ml) |
| Closure | Natural Cork |
Tasting Notes
This wine has a beautiful cherry red colour with violet tones. On the nose it offers great aromatic intensity, dominated by the series of red fruits (raspberries, cassis, and currant) and black fruits (blackberry and cherry), as well as tropical fruits (banana and pineapple), preserving the vegetal character of the Mencía variety. On the palate it is very pleasant, fresh, balanced, unctuous and long, with a very intense aromatic finish of fruit salad.
Producer Profile
Ribas del Cúa is a family-owned winery in Bierzo, dedicated to producing characterful wines from native varieties such as Mencía and Godello, expressing the unique terroir of the Cúa River valley.


