Comments on: A thrillingly good, inexpensive Mencia

By: Thomas Andrew Bonasera

Thomas Andrew Bonasera — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 10:46:00 +0000

I looked for this wine at Oddbins on-line, at the Chiswick store and at the Pimlico store. No luck. Out of stock in the warehouse and at both stores I tried. Word was “it will probably be back in the warehouse in the future” and “it could be on the shelf at some other Oddbins store”.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:19:28 +0000

I hope Oddbins do well, as like many people I’m sure I got into wine through them in the late 80s / early 90s. I think the fact that Nicolas grabbed the best sites didn’t help, while a lot of their core fans from the early nineties have probably grown up, got houses, cars and families and buy from leafy suburban Majestics rather than high street Oddbins. I’ve got a few near work so tend to drop in from time to time – the stores feel much less ‘confident’ than in the pre-Nicolas days.

By: Andrew Atkinson

Andrew Atkinson — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:04:02 +0000

I’ve recently discovered the Mercia grape, and really like it.I ‘m familiar with REBOLLEDO MENCIA 2007 which I think has a style not too disimilar to Cab Franc.