Oliver’s Taranga Mencia 2022
- 94
- $35
- Drink by: 2023-2027
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Each vintage, the Spanish import variety – Mencia – just gets better and better. Pronounced “men-thee-ah,” its flavour profile has been compared to Pinot Noir. In the Vale, it takes on more weight than most Pinots, soaking up the warm Mediterranean climate. In that regard, it’s more akin to Shiraz. The ’22, off a “near perfect growing season” according to the maker, boasts an enticing scent and flavour based around dusty, earthy, cranberry, red fruits and licorice. A beautifully woven young wine with arresting fruit charm, integrated oak and real presence in the glass.
Jeni Port is one of Australia’s top wine communicators. Based in Melbourne, Jeni created the first wine column in the (then) Sun News-Pictorial before moving over to The Age and becoming that paper’s longest-serving wine writer. Over the years she has written for most Australian wine magazines and these days calls WinePilot home. She is also a Tasting Panel member on the Halliday Wine Companion. She was named Wine Communicator of the Year and Legend of the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival in 2014 and in 2018 Legend of the Vine. She is a founding board member of Australian Women In Wine and is the co-deputy chair of Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards.
