2010 Telmo Rodríguez Valdeorras As Caborcas

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 94 points

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  9/29/2017 - tkoby11 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  "As Caborcas" 2010 by Telmo Rodriguez
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  A single vineyard field blend of old vine Mencia, Merenzao, Souson, Garnacha, Godello, Brencellao planted above the river Bibei in granite terraces just like the Northern Rhone, but instead bush vine trained.
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  Incredibly similar to a crunchy and savory #Cornas but all #Mencia with mellow red and savory fruits, cracked peppercorn, smoke, a touch of tar and flower petals with a beam of granite mineral spine. Simply awesome! This was one of my favorite finds on a trip to Spain in 2015 where I met Telmo and spent the afternoon with him in the vienyards and tasting at #Remelluri. The dude is larger than life, an inspiration! FYI he is a Burgundy fanatic!
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  #Valdeorras #Galicia #TelmoRodriguez
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  12/12/2014 - txangu Likes this wine: 97 Points

  An amazing wine, so sad I only bought 2 bottles. Complex, changing, evolving. Blind I'd say Burg GC. Grape varieties are almost irrelevant in a purely terroir-driven wine.

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  5/26/2014 - elvinet Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Color rojo intenso bien brillante, ribete rojizo-violáceo bien vivo, capa baja y gruesa lágrima bien lenta sin estar tintada. En nariz tiene una notable intensidad con una magnífica fruta roja bien madura y fresca (frambuesas, grosellas y ciruelas rojas) y le siguen unos intensos balsámicos (regaliz en rama y mentolados), hierbas del monte muy refrescantes, suaves notas licorosas que aligeran el conjunto y consiguen hacer pasar inadvertidos los tostados de la barrica, suaves especiados, sensaciones de terruño húmedo, fresca mineralidad (granito húmedo) y suaves matices de monte bajo (musgo) y algo de madera húmeda. Notable entrada en boca con una gran frescura que sigue en todo su recorrido que se muestra bien ligero, parece delicado pero muestra mucho carácter, sabrosa fruta roja con recuerdos de cerezas y frambuesas frescas, excelente acidez, notas balsámicas bien refrescantes con mucho regaliz en rama y suave mentolado, frescas notas licorosas, finos especiados, taninos maduros, se muestra fino, sedoso, vertical y poco voluminoso pero cierto peso que le confiere estructura, espléndida textura y formidable persistencia. Final bien largo, postgusto de fruta roja y retronasal mineral y suavemente licoroso.
  
  More information: http://www.elvi.net/2013/12/23/as-caborcas-2010/

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