Gago D.O. - Telmo Rodriguez - 2019

75 cl

Robert Parker: 92 points

Alcohol content: 14.5% vol.

Grape varieties: Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo)

Vinifiaktion:

Fermentation takes place in wooden and stainless steel tanks with a volume of up to 6,000 litres. Subsequently, 80 % of the wine matures for 14 months in 1500 litre foudres and 20% in French barriques.

Tasting note:

Telmo Rodríguez has once again brought all his skills to bear here and vinified one of the greatest Toro wines in its price range. The intense, Bordeaux-like bouquet, the lush fruitiness and a power tamed by elegance make the "Gago" an exceptional wine. Multi-layered, full-bodied, with perfectly embedded tannins and a delicate tartaric acidity. It also has a marvellous length in the finish! The wine matured for six months in French barrels.

Telmo Rodriguez:

Wherever you talk about Spain's outstanding wines, the name Telmo Rodríguez quickly comes up. The Basque has a special talent for combining tradition and modernity.

Travelling through the country and its rich and varied landscapes, he and his partner Pablo Eguzkiza came into contact with both traditional and unknown winegrowers who were full of experience and knowledge about their winegrowing region.

Through joint projects, the Compañia de Vinos Telmo Rodrígez has grown steadily over the last few decades. They adapted to the diversity of the soil and the climate through the endless combination of different varieties and so the two learnt to respect nature, which was the basis for their path.

Today, they see their task as finding enclaves, understanding them and giving them meaning again. Some old vineyards are retained, others are replanted with the idea of how the best winegrowers of the past would have done it.

Telmo Rodríguez has an unerring instinct for terroirs and grape varieties; it is not for nothing that his wines are labelled "top quality".