Telmo Rodriguez, Tabuerniga

Telmo Rodriguez, TabuernigaI'm blown away by the quality of the 2015 Tabuerniga, one of three new single vineyard bottlings from Rioja introduced in the 2014 vintage. For some reason, I didn't taste this wine when I tasted the 2015 Las Beatas last year, and it was released some time ago (I'm also tasting the 2016, which should be the current release now). But I wanted to taste it now, and I found it extremely good, almost as good as Las Beatas, and an absolute must, especially

intense and moderately structured finish

3 ha of 40+ year old vines)

chewy and strikingly long

demonstrating more exuberance than (what transpired to be) the 2015 Meyney

the 2010 Chateauneuf du Pape Cuvee da Capo is sheer perfection in a glass

1144 ha parcel of 45+ year old vines that generally are not very productive as they typically give bunches with very tiny berries)

Finishes long

Sisseck is thorough and meticulous

There is fine volume and richness to the solidly dense and powerful medium-bodied flavors that are at once seductive yet punchy on the impressively long

I was blown away by the multiple layers of silky

Neither the 1995 nor 1996 performed as well as they had in the past

be approachable before the Bèze