Basa Rueda 2023

COMPAÑIA DE VINOS TELMO RODRIGUEZ

Basa Rueda
2023

Country
Spain
Regulated designation
Denominación de origen (DO)
Region
Castilla y Leon
Appellation
Rueda
Varietal(s)
Verdejo 90 %
Viura 10 %
Alcohol percentage
13%
Colour
White
Sugar
Dry
Producer's website

About this winery

In 1994, Pablo Eguzkiza and Telmo Rodríguez, along with a third oenologist, created a Garnacha from old bush vineyards in Navarra. The wine was called Alma (soul). This is how the business started, originally under the name of Compañía de Vinos de La Granja. The name was a declaration of intent: it made it clear that the company would be producing more wines in the future and contained a homage to La Granja, the famous glassworks, a centre of outstanding Spanish craftwork that has all but...

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Product notes

Composed mainly of Verdejo and complemented by Viura from several plots with gravelly and limestone soils with good drainage. The freshness is attributable to the altitude. These factors are important to Telmo, who is constantly seeking to express the terroir.

Tasting notes

As always, Basa remains a wonderfully refreshing yet serious wine, offering a range of aromas and flavors from mineral notes of stone to citrus and tropical fruits. Versatility in a bottle!

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 92 points -

Monica Larner, August 2017 (Vintage 2016)

This wine offers many exciting assets that distinguish it from its competition. First, that supporting presence of Riesling adds some of those benzine and resin-like aromas to the overall complexity of the bouquet. It is subtle, but the Riesling impact is well integrated within the broader texture of the wine. Second, the bouquet shows fruity tones of exotic fruit and perfumed honeydew melon, but it also offers drying mineral tones of brimstone and crushed seashell. (...)

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Vinous

- 91 points -

Ian D'Agata, September 2017 (Vintage 2016)

Pale straw-yellow. Clean and fresh on the nose, with a lemony pineapple note that is present in the mouth too. A lovely wine with a strong mineral bite on the finish. 

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