93 p. View from the Cellar v. John Gilman
The Mengoba Tinto bottling from Monsieur Pérez is made up of a slightly different blend than the Brezo bottlings, as this wine is eighty percent Mencía, fifteen percent Garnacha and five percent a field blend that includes both Alicante and Godello. The 2013 was still resting comfortably in five thousand liter foudre at the time of my visit, with bottling to be done in the spring. The bouquet is outstanding, wafting from the glass in a classy constellation of dark berries, coffee grounds, gamebirds, slate, pepper and a nice topnote of chicory. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, pure and rock solid at the core, with fine focus and grip, blossoming complexity, fine-grained tannins and excellent balance on the long and quite refined finish. This is going to be a dynamite bottle of wine in the fullness of time.
