Winery Martin CodaxAlma Atlántica Mencía Rosé
Pink wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, veal or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Alma Atlántica Mencía Rosé
Pairings that work perfectly with Alma Atlántica Mencía Rosé
Original food and wine pairings with Alma Atlántica Mencía Rosé
The Alma Atlántica Mencía Rosé of Winery Martin Codax matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, veal simmered with vegetables or mackerel with quick mustard.
Details and technical informations about Winery Martin Codax's Alma Atlántica Mencía Rosé.
Discover the grape variety: Mencia
Supple, elegant reds with a ruby robe and fine tannins, featuring aromas of raspberry, cherry, Mediterranean herbs, graphite, black pepper and very pronounced slate mineral notes. Fresh mouth, taut finish. The absolute star of Bierzo DO in Castilla y León and signature of Ribeira Sacra DO and Valdeorras DO in Galicia (heroic vine terraces). Also cultivated in Portugal under the name Jaen. Native Iberian grape from the northwest.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Alma Atlántica Mencía Rosé from Winery Martin Codax are 2017, 2016, 0
Informations about the Winery Martin Codax
The Winery Martin Codax is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 55 wines for sale in the of Rías Baixas to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rías Baixas
World benchmark for Albariño (~96% of the vineyard), Atlantic Galicia. Lively, saline dry whites with signature notes of grapefruit, white peach, exotic fruit, white flowers and a characteristic iodine touch, a mineral palate kept taut by Atlantic humidity — the perfect match for seafood, polbo á feira and shellfish. Vines sometimes on pergolas (parras). Also Treixadura and Loureira.
The wine region of Galice
Oceanic northwest Spain, cradle of the great Iberian whites. Signature Albarino of Rias Baixas: lively, saline whites with signature notes of citrus, white peach, white flowers, fresh almond and iodine minerality, a taut palate — a perfect match for Atlantic seafood. Also premium Godello (pear, citrus, butter), aromatic Treixadura. Supple Mencia reds (raspberry, herbs, graphite).
The word of the wine: Green harvest or green harvesting
The practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining grapes tend to gain weight.
