Life Style / Wine Grapes / Mencía: Light red wine variety widely grown in Galicia, N.W Spain. Has the synonym names Negra and Loureiro Tinto in Portugal. Recently found (1999) by Spanish researchers to be identical with the variety Ja?n (du Dao), although some growers still insist the variety is a mutated version of Cabernet Franc.
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