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Confusion in Bierzo
Yu-Sen Lin, Taiwan:
After three days’ visits in Bierzo, I still have some doubt about Mencía grape.
In the Oxford Companion you wrote: “A local strain of Cabernet Franc introduced to Galicia in the 19th century also, confusingly, goes by this name.”
Does it mean that what we drink today as Mencía could be made by two different varieties Cabernet Franc and the real Mencía? Does it is the reason that Mencía was considered to be a clone of Cabernet Franc before? The expression of Mencía seems quite different from one winery to...
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