Ribas del Cua Bierzo Mencia 2023 Vintage:2023 These are not your average

These are not your average Pinot Grigio

to maximize the interplay between those thick skins and the juice inside

perfect alongside kebabs

fatty swimming fish

The new oak is a bit prominent at this stage

Ribas del Cua Bierzo Mencia 2023 Vintage:2023 These are not your averageAlong the banks of the Cua river, a family run cooperative of more than 250 individual holdings coalesced in the 1980s. While winemakers from Priorat flew in and brought fame and attention to the Bierzo region with their heavy handed, oaky, and expensive Mencias, the women of Ribas del Cua continued making a simple, unadorned yet totally delicious Mencia without fanfare. A new generation of winemakers returned to Bierzo in the 2000s and climbed high