Mentrida

Mentrida is a Spanish protected wine appellation in Castilla-La Mancha, useful for drinkers who want to move beyond the best-known Spanish regions. Its practical label identity is Toledo-area DO increasingly associated with old-vine Garnacha from higher sites. Typical wines are red-fruited Garnacha with spice, herbs, and warm-climate texture; some Tempranillo blends. The vineyard context is continental central Spain with granite, sand, clay, and elevation variation near the Sierra de Gredos influence. This entry is written as a geographic reference for EncyclopediaOfWine: it explains place, grapes, style, and label-reading context without ranking producers or turning the appellation into a buying list.