Cigales
Telmo Rodriguez Vina 105 2006
Cigales is a small region just north of Valladolid in north west Spain. Like many regions, wine has been made here for generations, the signature wines are rosados made from tempranillo and garnarcha and a little verdejo or ablillo. It’s one of the few wine regions in the world that celebrates the blending of red and white grapes. Cote Rotie, the home of the now ubiquitous shiraz viognier blend, being the most famous I can think of.
Vina Ciento Cinco, to give it’s full name, is made from Tempranillo without wood as far as I can tell. As usual with Telmo’s wines, the label is quite eye catching.
The thing I like about this wine is it’s confident nature. Nothing sticks out and everything is in the right place. It’s straight forward, but with a bit of character. The nose shows plenty of earthy cherry and raspberry notes, with a touch of smoke. In the mouth it shows juicy raspberry and blackberry fruit, a sprinkle of liquorice root and earth. A moderately generous finish with plump tannins. Very good drinking. 88 Pts.
Source: The Spanish Acquisition Cost: $28 Closure: Conventional Cork
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And of course the blending of Nebbiolo with Arneis in the Roero region of Piemonte.
I didn’t know about that one, my knowledge of Italian gear isn’t as good as I would like…
Any idea someone imports Roero into Australia?
And the “rosados” in Portugal, similar (but better) than the spanish.
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I spoke to Telmo a couple of years ago when he was in Oz and he said there were always some white grapes in his reds.
First Drop Wines have done some interesting blending of SA shiraz (Seppeltsfield, Greenock, Ebenezer) and albarino, at 2%. See http://www.firstdropwines.com/2percent.php
As Garry notes, there are Italian examples of red/white blends, with these also including sangiovese based blends with white grapes such as trebbiano (such as in chianti).