DO Méntrida – Grenache beyond Toledo’s shadow

The Grenache Belt of Southern Europe slithers around the blue waters of the Mediterranean until it snaps sharply to the center of Spain. There, this belt ends with a weather-worn buckle of a region just south of Madrid called, Méntrida. While relatively unknown on the international wine stage, Méntrida has seen a small glimmer of light cast its way as of late. There’s a group of producers who, 10-15 years ago stopped selling their grapes to the cooperatives and set out on their own projects at a time when such […]