Vino El Castro de Valtuille Mencía Joven 2006: Mencía with no oak, no make-up, neither tricks no affectation. Plum ,

Mencía with no oak, no make-up, neither tricks no affectation. Plum , black olives and smoke, but not that smoked touches that comes, usually from the wood. I mean that smoke you feel while walking by a little village in a winter morning, and somebody fires up the fireplace, that first starting smoke is the one I mean. It’s smoke. I feel a light astringency when sipping. Next day it’s as tight as a stone from a river. It’s my best approach to any explanation of minerality, due to my lack of mineral references (ok, I know… shame on me!). It shows silkier than the preceding day and with a final touch of thym. It’s been nicely paired with a beans stew with quails. Quite interesting wine (I say it in good sense, despite I hate to use this adjective with a wine) and with very good QPR for less than 6 EUR. I’ll try to drink more of this stuff.