A guide to Mencia worth seeking out, by region. We list the estates, how each region expresses the grape, and the bottles that show it best.

Mencia in Rías Baixas

Adegas Albamar ★ 4.6

DO Rias BaixasAlbarino, Caino Tinto, Espadeiro, MenciaFounded 2006Alba familyWinemaker Xurxo AlbaCastrelo, Cambados, Val do Salnes

Natural-leaning Salnes producer in Castrelo de Cambados (founded 2006). One of the few Rias Baixas bodegas using native yeasts; fifteen-wine range including parcel-specific Albarino and rare old-vine reds.

Tip: Albamar is the natural-leaning Salnes producer to know; the parcel-specific Albarinos and the small-volume reds are released through specialist importers.

Lugar Castrelo, 7, 36634 Cambados, Pontevedra, Spain

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