{"title":"Viticola Mentridano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e \u003cmeta content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0\" name=\"viewport\"\u003e\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Cormorant+Garamond:ital,wght@0,300;0,400;0,600;1,300;1,400;1,600\u0026amp;family=Jost:wght@300;400;500\u0026amp;display=swap\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n    *, *::before, *::after { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; padding: 0; }\n\n    :root {\n      --gold:     #b08d57;\n      --ink:      #1a1a1a;\n      --parchment:#faf8f4;\n      --warm-mid: #e8e2d8;\n      --muted:    #6a5f52;\n      --cream:    #f0ece4;\n    }\n\n    body {\n      background-color: var(--cream);\n      font-family: 'Jost', sans-serif;\n      font-weight: 300;\n      color: var(--ink);\n      -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;\n    }\n\n    \/* ─── OUTER WRAPPER ─── *\/\n    .producer-page {\n      max-width: 1080px;\n      margin: 0 auto;\n  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.producer-appellation {\n        font-size: 10px;\n        letter-spacing: 1.5px;\n        margin-bottom: 36px;\n      }\n    }\n  \u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"producer-page\"\u003e\n\u003c!-- TITLE BLOCK --\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"eyebrow\"\u003eProducer Profile\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"producer-title\"\u003eVitícola Mentridana\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"producer-appellation\"\u003eD.O. Méntrida  ·  Castilla-La Mancha  ·  Sierra de Gredos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- HERO: IMAGE + INTRO --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hero\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hero-image\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2174\/9109\/files\/vinyard-sierra-de-gredos-espana.jpg?v=1776758514\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"hero-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"intro-pull\"\u003eMéntrida lies southwest of Madrid, in the foothills of the Sierra de Gredos where the Alberche River bends toward the Tagus. For most of the twentieth century, the old-vine Garnacha here fed bulk cooperatives and nothing more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat began to change in the early 2000s, when Dani Landi and a small group of winemakers started asking what these vineyards could actually do. At altitude on free-draining granitic and sandy soils, the grape loses weight and gains precision — lifted, aromatic, structurally interesting. The same discovery was happening across the range at \u003ca title=\"the wines of comando g for sale in toronto\" href=\"https:\/\/cosechaimports.com\/collections\/comando-g\"\u003eComando G\u003c\/a\u003e, though at higher elevation and on more uniformly granitic terrain. Méntrida's Alberche Valley runs slightly warmer, more Mediterranean in character, with a higher proportion of sandy soils. The difference shows clearly in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdministratively, the appellation sits within Castilla-La Mancha rather than the Madrid region — a detail that matters less than the fact that the landscape is continuous with Gredos proper, and the Garnacha grown here benefits from the same altitude and granitic bedrock that made the broader region worth paying attention to.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- TRANSITION SECTION --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-rule\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Handover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"body-copy\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Landi stepped back from his Méntrida holdings to concentrate on Comando G, the vineyards passed to Curro Barreño — a childhood friend and co-founder of \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fedellos do couto wines of spanish artisan quality for sale in ontario\" href=\"https:\/\/cosechaimports.com\/collections\/fedellos-do-couto\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFedellos do Couto\u003c\/a\u003e in Ribeira Sacra, where he spent years working steep terraced vineyards with indigenous Galician varieties under the same restrained hand. In 2021, Barreño consolidated Landi's holdings with family parcels and established Vitícola Mentridana. The foundations were already in place. The work since has been about reading the individual sites more closely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBarreño brings a specific literacy to the project. Ribeira Sacra's Mencía and Bastardo are unforgiving grapes in demanding terrain — they require precision over force in the cellar. That discipline translates over to the great Garnacha grape under the \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVitícola Mentridana house. The three wines made here are built on transparency, not extraction. You are tasting the soil and the altitude, not the winemaker's intervention.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- THREE WINES --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section-rule\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Wines\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wines-grid\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wine-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wine-cell-label\"\u003eEntry · Red\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wine-cell-name\"\u003eEl Mentridano\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFamily vineyards near the town of Méntrida. Sandy granitic soils at around 600 metres — slightly lower and warmer than the Tiétar sites. Whole-cluster fermentation, short maceration, seven months in large foudres. The more approachable expression: lighter on its feet, open early.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wine-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wine-cell-label\"\u003eMid · Red\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wine-cell-name\"\u003eLas Uvas de la Ira\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix plots of 70-year-old Garnacha in the Tiétar Valley at 850 metres. Varied exposures mean ripening is uneven — multiple passes through the vineyard at harvest. Extended maceration. More structure, more tension than Mentridano. The site demands patience and the wine asks for the same.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wine-cell\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"wine-cell-label\"\u003eSingle Parcel · Red\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"wine-cell-name\"\u003eCantos del Diablo\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 0.35-hectare plot in the Tiétar Valley. Old vines, naturally restricted yields, late ripening. The combination of age, exposure, and granitic soil produces a wine with a clear identity from year to year. It's the kind of site that makes arguments for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- CLOSING SIGNAL --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"closing-signal\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"signal-label\"\u003eWhy It's Here\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFarming is organic. Cellar work is restrained. And the price-to-quality relationship — particularly on \u003cstrong\u003eEl Mentridano\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eLas Uvas de la Ira\u003c\/strong\u003e — is the reason Vitícola Mentridana belongs in the same conversation as producers who charge considerably more for wines that do considerably less.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2174\/9109\/collections\/Curro_WEB.png?v=1776758780","url":"https:\/\/cosechaimports.com\/collections\/viticola-mentridano.oembed","provider":"Cosecha Imports","version":"1.0","type":"link"}