Telmo Rodriguez, D.O Rioja (Rioja Alavesa)
Telmo Rodriguez is a passionate opponent of the internationalisation of Spanish vineyards, and is dedicated to a way forward for Spain which combines indigenous varieties with superior viticulture and winemaking. He and his wine-making and viticulturist partner, Pablo Eguzkiza, created 'Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodriguez' with the aim of selecting outstanding vineyards to produce the best regionally typical varieties.
The company's work in Rioja is based on the search for the soul of the region, returning to the villages where a few special plots express themselves in a single wine.
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Rioja |
$30.00 |
12 |
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Now in a 'burgundy' bottle - wonder what on earth Telmo and Pablo are getting at here? Well … A jam-packed cranberry+field herb nose (red lavender anyone?) is perfectly struck - fresh fruit and earth, lift and depth ... The palate is perfumed, ovoid, lissom, and really harmonious - built beautifully on Telmo's trademark natural fruit tannin-acid twin-track. Juicy and deft, it's not just good and typical, nor merely delicious … this is spectacular wine for the $$. Spain's Greatest Pizza Wine just climbed a higher rung. |
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Rioja |
$66.00 |
6 |
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All husky and nutty-earthy, with cola and red heather; elegant, mature and earthy fruit tannins, savoury,subtle, profoundly well-balanced, with a great sneakily long palate elaboration. The Rioja we've been waiting for! |
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Rioja |
$200.00 |
6 |
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Telmo's pet project-a few barrels of very special mountain Tempranillo. Tobacco, Indian ink, anise and lots and lots of field herbs, mineral, a subtle unrolling of fruit, inky spice ... already a masterpiece of harmony and understatement, and with a long future ahead. |
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