Mencia
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- This article is about the fruit. For the American comedian see Carlos Mencia
Mencia is a grape variety that produces light, pale, relatively fragrant red wines for early consumption. Thought to be identical to Portugal's Jaen grape variety.
Plantings exceed 9,500 ha in the Bierzo and Ribeira Sacra regions of Spain, but confusingly, the same name can be used for a local strain of Cabernet Franc introduced to Galicia in the 19th century.
[edit] References
- J. Robinson, Oxford Companion to Wine, The, 2nd ed.
