Gaba do Xil Tinto 2019

COMPAÑIA DE VINOS TELMO RODRIGUEZ

Gaba do Xil Tinto
2019

Country
Spain
Regulated designation
Denominación de origen (DO)
Region
Galicia
Appellation
Valdeorras
Varietal(s)
Mencía 100 %
Alcohol percentage
13%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Sugar content
1,5 g/l
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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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Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 91 points -

Luis Gutiérrez, August 2021 (Vintage 2019)

After devastating frost in 2017 and killer mildew in 2018, the vintage for the red 2019 Gaba do Xil Tinto from Valdeorras was healthier and the crop good, save for some hail in specific vineyards during the summer. It was a ripe, healthy and balanced year. This is a young, unoaked Mencía with 13.44% alcohol that fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel, where it matured for 12 months before bottling. It's intensely aromatic and expressive, varietal and with the wild rusticity of the zone. The palate is medium-bodied, with very fine tannins and a soft mouthfeel. 96,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2020.

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James Suckling

- 91 points -

(Vintage 2019)

Lots of dark berries with spice and rust character. It’s medium-bodied with dark fruit and pepper. Drink now.

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