Telmo Rodriguez Basa 2007 Friday, Feb 15 2008
Tasting Notes and Spain and Variety and White and other whites
This is made mainly from the Verdejo grape and comes from the D.O of Rueda. Interesting wine in many ways, not least because Sam Connew from Wirra Wirra was at the controls for this vintage.
Has a fair bit of sulphide over fresh fruit salad (with plenty of diced apple), some spice and a floral lift. Punchy and fruity. On the palate medium bodied with spice, apple and lemon fruit and minerally sulphide characters. It has a dryish chalky texture with a bit of phenolic grip, a loose slightly-flabby-coarse-low-acid-easy-going sort of charm and a lemony apple skin and spice finish of good length. Really easy to drink and one of those wines where reaching for the bottle to fill up your glass is far more important than how high it scores. I could drink a lot of this.
Rated : 88 Points
Tasted : Feb08
Alcohol : 12.5%
Price : $20
Closure : Cork
Drink : 2008 - 2009
Source : Importer Sample
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3 Responses to “Telmo Rodriguez Basa 2007”
February 16th, 2008 at 9:52 am
Spot on, very refreshing and a high drinkablity quotient. You could find yourself in trouble at table with a couple of bottles of this on it. Oh, none left? Order another couple…and on it goes.
February 16th, 2008 at 9:55 am
BTW we seem to be scoring wines very similarly at the moment. Either you’ve come to your senses or I’m worried…
February 16th, 2008 at 10:09 am
Yes. The Points Misers Society Ltd (PMSL) had me on the phone the other day listing you as a referee. I told them to go away because I was about to dish out a 95 pointer..
GW