COMPAÑIA DE VINOS TELMO RODRIGUEZ
Matallana
2004
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
Area: Ribera del Duero
Town: Different vineyards in Sotillo, Roa, Fuentecen; Fuentemolinos, Pardilla and Fuentelisendo
Place: Los Almendros, El Castaño, El Bosque, El Pedrero, Los Guijarros, La Guiruela, Los Apriscales, Carrahoyales, El Rebollar, Los Mochos
Grape variety: Tinto Fino
Pruning: 100% bush vine
Soil: Pleistocen fluvials terraces, chalky soils and soils developped from conglomerates.
Viticulture: 4.5 Has of own vineyards worked in organic in process of getting the certification.
Harvest: Selection in vineyard. 100% hand picking.
Production notes
Fermentation: Native yeasts
Fermentation tank: Oak wooden casks of 3000 kg
Maturing: 15-18 months in 100% new French oak barrels