The 2012 Viernes – viernes means Friday in Spanish, is pure Mencia from different vineyards, it is very powerful, with strong aromas. Elegant and round, it fills your mouth with clean flavors of violets and a remarkable finish. It is produced in enough quantities (around 100,000 bottles) to make it easy to find and sold at a price that is good value as a young Mencia introduction. Drink 2013-2015. Godelia is a very recent winery, created in 2009 by the Garcia Rodriguez family. They own 35 hectares of vineyards, in different locations with varying altitudes and orientations. They work with white Godello and red Mencia, 30 hectares of them on trellises and the rest are head-pruned old vines. The winery has 36 stainless-steel tanks of different sizes and 250 oak barrels. The wines are made by Josep Serra who has previously worked in Priorat and has a small personal project in Montsant. Imported by Christopher Cannan, Europvin, www.europvin.com