2008 Bodegas Angel Rodriguez Verdejo Rueda Martínsancho

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 88.1 points

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  1/16/2012 - nicefish wrote: 88 Points

  Still drinking well even past it's optimum time. Huge citrus on the nose - grapefruit and lemon predominate, if not explode.
  On the palate those same flavors were accompanied by a bigness, a thickness that was unexpected.
  Paired nicely with unadorned grilled salmon and brown rice.

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  8/20/2011 - DRob wrote:

  Surprised by how good it was still tasting. Was expecting it to be a bit tired, since it is 3 years old and had not been stored under the best conditions, but hung in quite well. Acidity was still there, as well as the citrus and mineral components. More lemony that grapefruit. Went really well with chicken a tarragon-mustard sauce.

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  4/6/2011 - ephemeral8 wrote: 90 Points

  Amazing nose--could smell it out of the bottle from about 2 feet away. Ripe, ripe mango and papaya, especially the skins, possibly when they get slimy. Hints of herbs, easy to see why some think this is related to SB, hay, bright field grasses, maybe some sweet celery leaf? I'm bad with herbs. Mild honey and canteloupe. This thing just smells creamy in texture--not sure how, maybe it's the papaya aromas making me think of that texture? Not buttery or malo tho. Some tangerine or madarin orange oil, some sweet peppers too, going along with that SB thing. A bright edge of citrus lifts all that ripe fruit, and underneath it all a big pungent waft of salty, funky minerality. Mildly flinty, mostly saline, a little burnt hair.
  
  Mouth: a nice brightness from the decently high acidity, much less ripe than the nose. After the upfront brightness, full, viscous, almost oily/lanolin texture. Really nice movement and transition through the palate from bright -->full/creamy/round-->good lingering minerality/salinity with tartness making you salivate.
  
  Bad with smoked salmon, definitely played up the fishiness/metal tones.
  Good with baba ghanouj, nice interplay with the vegetal char.
  Great with buttered sweet wheat toast.
  
  Palate didn't quite deliver on what the nose promised, but still, a great wine and a good value.

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  3/27/2011 - garambler wrote: 90 Points

  Friends opened this with seafood tapas on 3/27/11. It had a very pleasant and exotic bouquet of pear, mango, banana, vanilla, tangerine and mineral aromas. The palate was subtle (completely unexpected), harmonious and smooth with flavors of pear, vanilla, tangerine, spice and minerals.

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  5/14/2010 - James Kim wrote: 90 Points

  From old Verdejo vines on the Martinsancho ranch in Rueda. Pale gold in color. Nice aromas of apples, citrus, a hint of tropical fruits, and nice minerals with a hint of smoke. Palate has a nice intermingling of fruit and a nice mineral component. Medium acidity with a moderately viscous (oily?) texture. Nice long lingering finish of minerals over a nice briny note. I like this wine.

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