2021 Swinney Mencia

An elegant and flavourful look at Frankland River Mencia, filled with dark cherries and spice.

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Mencia is a popular grape in Spain although only a handful of vineyards grow it in Australia. Thankfully, Swinney is one winery that has decided to address this.

The fruit was hand picked and naturally fermented with 100% whole bunches, then spent 11 months in six year old French oak. It's brightly perfumed, filled with notes of dark cherries entwined with florals and exotic spice, thanks to the whole bunches.

It's an elegant look at the variety and a very happy addition to the Swinney stable.

In the glass there’s a lovely, sweet perfume of black cherry fruit alongside some meaty, peppery and whole-bunch spice notes. The palate again so perfumed, is sinewy and star-bright with mineral-laced fruits and exotic spices cascading around a frame of slippery tannins and refreshing acidity. It finishes long and with measured elegance.

94 Points - "Wow what a ripper. The firm finesse of the tannin, the elaborate spice notes, the bunchy herbs and the fruit, so minerally, so earthen, so savoury in the context of ripeness. Medium weight at most, but insistent. A capital city of spice. Florals rolling through, and over. First release I think, and a humdinger." - Campbell Mattinson (The Wine Front)

92 Points - "Deep, bold, youthful puple-red hue with a distinctive nose of pepper, clove and other spices, and an exotic spice-bazaar note. Blackberry and cassis emerging later. This is different. Strongly berry-fruited in the mouth. The palate is medium-full bodied and well structured with a gently firm backbone, the tannins beginning at the front of the mouth and running the full length of the palate." - Huon Hooke (The Real Review)

93 Points - "This 2021 Mencia is the first release of this wine, from Frankland River. It was made with 100% whole bunch, 100% Mencia, picked at 13 baumé and foot stomped. It's the first red "thing we pick—the tannins ripen early," says winemaker Rob Mann. It is tense and tight, with lavender on the nose, followed by graphite and crushed rocks, luminescent. The tannins are intense, but I think after a decant this will soften(?). This needs a cool spot—south-facing slopes. There are fresh peppercorns. The tannins form a skeleton in the mouth, and there's space here. It is pure, fine, alpine-esque." - Erin Larkin (Robert Parker Wine Advocate)

Swinney

The Swinney family's roots in Frankland River stretch back over 100 years.

George John Alexander Swinney was a pioneer of the region, settling a grazing property in Franklands in 1922. Today the property is run by fourth generation brother and sister, Matt and Janelle Swinney. They are taking the family property into great new territory.

Bush vines litter the property. Riesling, Grenache, Syrah and Mourvedre are fining a very happy home on the ironstone slopes above the Frankland River.

Now, with Rhys Thomas as viticulturist and vineyard manager since 2021, and sixth generation winemaker Rob Mann crafting the wines in the cellar, this label is on track to become one of the regional benchmarks in short order.

The Swinney family - Frankland River, WA Swinney

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