Dark fruit and velvety tannins will relax you and chase the heavy thoughts from your mind. Flavors of cherry, and blackberry, with notes of vanilla and mocha with warm oak spice, are a perfect match with any chocolate in the house. Indulging in Mentida Red will have you experiencing your guilty pleasures at a deeper level – you are the poet and the singe you dreamed you could be.
Mentida Wines are produced to go hand in hand with your guilty pleasures. These are wines that you don’t have to swirl and discuss, no wine notes needed, or wine snobbery. No contemplating the soil the vines are grown on, the weather that year, or the type of barrel used, just pure unrefined pleasure in each bottle.
Dawn your mask and indulge in Mentida, your newest guilty pleasure.
Pair with Salumi platter, BBQ ribs, pulled pork sandwich, pizza, bacon cheeseburger, eggplant parmesan, and chocolate with salted caramel.
Jillian found her passion for wine while studying neurobiology at UC Davis. Homebrewing introduced her to the magic of fermentation, and after taking the “Introductory to Winemaking” class at UC Davis, she quickly switched her major to Viticulture and Enology. She graduated with her degree in 2001 and soon thereafter found herself as an intern at the famous Bonny Doon Winery.
Her desire to learn more about winemaking has taken her around the globe. To gain essential winemaking experience in a short time, Jillian traveled to the southern hemisphere to work an additional harvest each year. For three years she traveled south to learn how to work with different varieties and observe different winemaking styles. She did internships in McLaren Vale (South Australia), Margaret River (Western Australia), and Stellenbosch (South Africa).
Syrah quickly became her deepest passion and she returned to Bonny Doon as Associate Winemaker in 2005, focusing her talents on the Rhone varieties that the Dooner is known for. She played a major role in the transition to biodynamic winemaking at Bonny Doon. Now a truly seasoned winemaker, Jillian has started her own passion project, Onesta. Her artistic expression is manifested in her wines. Jillian’s wines speak the truth of each growing season and each vintage is a new adventure for her, riding the waves of Mother Nature. Her promise to herself and her customers is to deliver wines with personality and depth every year. Jillian’s wines are made with passion and love, just like she lives her life. Her hope is that every sip of Onesta will ignite the soul with passion and enthusiasm for living life to the fullest.
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, LA, ME, MD, MA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2016 Mentida California Red Blend - $41 = 29.07%
We just had a bottle of this a week or so ago. You should buy this…especially at this price. I’m in for another case (CT tells me I’m down to 5 in my stash). I don’t have any tasting notes, but this blows the doors off anything you can find in the grocery store at even double this case price.
Oh boy, that was easy…in for TWO cases…no brainer! Purchased this who knows how many times and it is a perfect everyday drinker and all around crowd pleaser. Jillian knows what she’s doing and I ain’t lying…no soy mentiroso! Live Onesta!
@wnance Yes! I’ve been impressed with every Onesta wine I’ve bought. When I’ve bought the partial case, I’ve always wished that I would have purchased the full case.
@finewiner@stolicat To help others make better (for them) buying decisions in the future it would help to understand what each of you didn’t like about the wine. Were they flawed? Too fruity? Too austere? Too young? Something else?
@klezman@stolicat
I would not say young I would say it had an unpleasant taste like a $6 bottle of wine. The overall profile of the wine was fine it was the aftertaste or bad taste mixed in for lack of a better description. I’ll let it sit for a wile in the cellar and give it a second look but I’m not hopeful. Perhaps I got a bad batch.
@finewiner@klezman yes, the aftertaste was an issue, a bit like burnt rubber. We have another bottle settling to room temp that we’ll try tonight, and report back on.
@finewiner@stolicat That’s useful to me, thanks!
One suggestion - if it’s rubbery that can indicate reduction. If that ends up being true then giving it a long decant could help. Who knows…
(FWIW, I didn’t buy this and I have zero stake in the outcome.)
@finewiner@klezman took a bit, but we got back to it. This wine seems very sensitive to temperature, too cold or too warm and it tastes very astringent and the alcohol dominates.
We let it sit in the cool part of the kitchen for a day, til it got to about 64 degrees. Opened it 3 hours before dinner, then poured glasses an hour before.
And it was okay, if not actually nice. Second day, it was fine, even better than the first as any remaining aftertaste seemed to have gone away. Paired well with roast chicken the first night and with pasta with kale-cream sauce the next. That’s pretty flexible.
It sure takes a lot of coddling for a wine that’s written up to be a happy spur-of-the-moment pleasure, but at least it’s drinkable and I don’t have to worry about dumping 10 bottles like the D7 PN.
I’m sticking to wines I know. I have several cases of wine now that I’ll just be pouring out. This one was just not drinkable for me. Never had this issue back in the wine woot days.
Just opened my first bottle. Certainly a funky taste/aftertaste that I cant quite put my figure on. I keep going back and forth between “this has definitely gone bad” and “nah its just an unpleasant wine”… either way, sucks for me given the previous offering reviews
I’m really surprised on the “unpleasant aftertaste” / “rubbery” comments. I bought a case of this when it was offered before and really liked it. I bought a case this time, too, so I guess I need to open one from this new case and make sure they are ok. I’ve commingled this new case and the 4 I had left from the old case, though, so I’m not sure which is which now.
2016 Mentida California Red Wine
Tasting Notes
Specs
What’s Included
4-bottles:
Case:
Price Comparison
Not for sale online, $240/case MSRP
About The Winery
Available States
AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, FL, GA, ID, IN, IA, LA, ME, MD, MA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jan 10 - Thursday, Jan 13
Mentida California Red Blend
4 bottles for $46.99 $11.75/bottle + $2/bottle shipping
Case of 12 for $99.99 $8.33/bottle + $1/bottle shipping
2016 Mentida Red Blend
Looks like we’ve seen this one before; CM, RWS and MorningSave; didn’t know they did wine.
previous CM offer with plenty of comments.
Really enjoyed this wine. Picked up a few from a CM in Columbus a couple years ago.
How much more are you saving by buying a full case?
(Note: Tax & Shipping not included in savings calculations)
2016 Mentida California Red Blend - $41 = 29.07%
In for a case, willing to split or share with someone in Southern New Hampshire / Merrimack Valley area.
We just had a bottle of this a week or so ago. You should buy this…especially at this price. I’m in for another case (CT tells me I’m down to 5 in my stash). I don’t have any tasting notes, but this blows the doors off anything you can find in the grocery store at even double this case price.
@TimW my only decision was for one case or 2.
/giphy magical-olde-festivities
/giphy silent-droll-dreidel
Really liked this one the last time I got it.
Oh boy, that was easy…in for TWO cases…no brainer! Purchased this who knows how many times and it is a perfect everyday drinker and all around crowd pleaser. Jillian knows what she’s doing and I ain’t lying…no soy mentiroso! Live Onesta!
@Allieroon. In case you were wondering, I forgot to include this in the post before I got timed out: melodious-icy-sleigh
I’ve been really impressed with the other offerings from Onesta, so not much agonizing here …
/giphy scrumptious-glittering-merrymaking
The is a fantastic QPR. Jillian is an auto buy for me now and we really enjoyed our last case of this. In for another case!
@wnance Yes! I’ve been impressed with every Onesta wine I’ve bought. When I’ve bought the partial case, I’ve always wished that I would have purchased the full case.
No Illinois? That sucks a monkey’s junk!
This would have been a good pop by gift
The case is already sold out?
@WineDocNapa @Winedavid49 Anything to be done for those of us who snoozed on this?
@rjquillin Anyone else in the Powers That Be Dept. you might suggest I poke?
@InFrom @Winedavid49 @WineDocNapa @wccwinegirl
Jiggering for more cases possible?
@InFrom @rjquillin @WCCWineGirl @Winedavid49 @WineDocNapa
/giphy please-sir-can-I-have-some-more
Wow. Cases are gone. Any chance more will be coming up?
Sad day when cases are sold out ☹
Anyone in the SF area that wants my remaining 11 can buy them at a deal.
@finewiner I came here to see if anyone else had the same opinion - extremely disappointing. They can have my 11 also.
@finewiner @stolicat To help others make better (for them) buying decisions in the future it would help to understand what each of you didn’t like about the wine. Were they flawed? Too fruity? Too austere? Too young? Something else?
@klezman @stolicat
I would not say young I would say it had an unpleasant taste like a $6 bottle of wine. The overall profile of the wine was fine it was the aftertaste or bad taste mixed in for lack of a better description. I’ll let it sit for a wile in the cellar and give it a second look but I’m not hopeful. Perhaps I got a bad batch.
@finewiner @klezman yes, the aftertaste was an issue, a bit like burnt rubber. We have another bottle settling to room temp that we’ll try tonight, and report back on.
@finewiner @stolicat That’s useful to me, thanks!
One suggestion - if it’s rubbery that can indicate reduction. If that ends up being true then giving it a long decant could help. Who knows…
(FWIW, I didn’t buy this and I have zero stake in the outcome.)
@klezman @stolicat Tried that thanks.
@finewiner @klezman took a bit, but we got back to it. This wine seems very sensitive to temperature, too cold or too warm and it tastes very astringent and the alcohol dominates.
We let it sit in the cool part of the kitchen for a day, til it got to about 64 degrees. Opened it 3 hours before dinner, then poured glasses an hour before.
And it was okay, if not actually nice. Second day, it was fine, even better than the first as any remaining aftertaste seemed to have gone away. Paired well with roast chicken the first night and with pasta with kale-cream sauce the next. That’s pretty flexible.
It sure takes a lot of coddling for a wine that’s written up to be a happy spur-of-the-moment pleasure, but at least it’s drinkable and I don’t have to worry about dumping 10 bottles like the D7 PN.
I’m sticking to wines I know. I have several cases of wine now that I’ll just be pouring out. This one was just not drinkable for me. Never had this issue back in the wine woot days.
Reading these comments, I’m wondering if some of this wine got cooked. Half of mine arrived with the corks half popped…
@nmfong I just went through my box and 2 of my bottles were like that.
Just opened my first bottle. Certainly a funky taste/aftertaste that I cant quite put my figure on. I keep going back and forth between “this has definitely gone bad” and “nah its just an unpleasant wine”… either way, sucks for me given the previous offering reviews
I’m really surprised on the “unpleasant aftertaste” / “rubbery” comments. I bought a case of this when it was offered before and really liked it. I bought a case this time, too, so I guess I need to open one from this new case and make sure they are ok. I’ve commingled this new case and the 4 I had left from the old case, though, so I’m not sure which is which now.
@TimW totally agree that the last batch was quite tasty. I’m now glad I didn’t order more!
My bottles were good, now they’re gone
@Turbo5000 Me, too. All good, all gone. I’ll buy it again next time. (They are better with a long decant - like 3-4 hours.