Vinos de Arganza Palacio de Arganza Cabernet Sauvignon-Mencia 2020

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Vintage
2020

Size
750ML

ABV
13%

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Winemaker Notes

Intense ruby color, with ripe blackberry and blueberry aromas and beautifully balanced smoky cedar oak notes. These red fruit notes transpire onto a silky smooth, mouthwateringly juicy, herbal rounded palate leaving a persistent ending taste. The hand harvested grapes come from the estate’s vineyards and some long-term growers who have partnered with the winery.

Blend: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 50% Mencia

Professional Ratings

  • 91
    Aromatic nose of plums, cherries, roasted meat, lemon zest, bay leaves, violets and baking spices. It’s medium-bodied with sleek tannins. Juicy and silky with a delicious, spicy finish. Drink now or hold.
  • 90
    COMMENTARY: The 2020 Vinos de Arganza Palacio de Arganza Cabernet Sauvignon-Mencía is brisk, bright, and alive. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with aromas and flavors of red and black fruits. Serve this with grilled lamb chops. (Tasted: June 4, 2022, San Francisco, CA)

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Vinos de Arganza is a dynamic young winery located in Toral de los Vados just south of Villafranca del Bierzo in the heart of the Bierzo region. It was established in 2000 when it produced its first young wines followed by its first Crianza and Reserva in 2003. It is a family-run winery owned by Victor Robla who is a very well respected and devoted winemaker in Bierzo. They own 20 hectares of their own vineyards as well as holding long-term contracts with selected vineyard owners of the area. Alongside his wife, Angeles Varela, whose family has winemaking roots dating back to the 15th century, the main objective of the winery is to make the most of the terroir, producing wines from fruit of old vines while utilizing both modern and traditional methods to create wines of both old and new world characteristics.

El Bierzo today is possibly one of the most exciting wine regions in Spain, and the Mencia grape, indigenous to the region, is the star red grape while Godello, with its floral, ripe fruit and green apple characteristics is the major quality white grape variety. Characteristically, Mencia has delicious red and black fruit flavors with tones of graphite terroir which is what makes these wines so special. The Godello, despite its small production has been attracting attention and loyalty among producers and consumers alike. DO Bierzo is located in the northwest of the province of Castile and León and covers an area of just under 4000 ha of vineyards, some of which are over 100 years old. Even though vine cultivation can be traced back to the ancient Greek inhabitants, it was the Romans who were the first to develop agriculture and to introduce new crops including Vitis Vinifera vines, and new technology such as the Roman plough. The greatest expansion of viticulture, however, was related to the growth of the monasteries, especially the Cistercian order, during the Middle Ages. The low altitude, ranging from 500m to 650m, helps to prevent late frosts and means that the grape harvest is usually about one month earlier than in Castile.

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Spanish red wine is known for being bold, heady, rustic and age-worthy, Spain is truly a one-of-a-kind wine-producing nation. A great majority of the country is hot, arid and drought-ridden, and since irrigation has only been recently introduced and (controversially) accepted, viticulture has sustained—and flourished—only through a great understanding of Spain’s particular conditions. Large spacing between vines allows each enough resources to survive and as a result, the country has the most acreage under vine compared to any other country, but is usually third in production.

Of the Spanish red wines, the most planted and respected grape variety is Tempranillo, the star of Spain’s Rioja and Ribera del Duero regions. Priorat specializes in bold red blends, Jumilla has gained global recognition for its single varietal Monastrell and Utiel-Requena has garnered recent attention for its reds made of Bobal.

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