TELMO RODRIGUEZ

Matallana, Ribera del Duero, 2021

Name: Matallana, Ribera del Duero
Brand: TELMO RODRIGUEZ
Price: 294 GBP

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2021
6x75cl
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£294.00
2021
6x75cl
EP
£294.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Matallana is a testament to the effort and perseverance of Telmo and Pablo Eguzkiza, who, since 1998, have been committed to restoring vineyards in five Ribero del Duero villages: Sotillo de la Ribera, Roa, Fuentecén, Fuentemolinos and Pardilla. These vineyards are challenging to farm. They are planted with low yielding, indigenous bush vine varietals (Tinto Fino, Navarro, Valenciano, Albillo and others), which produce hauntingly aromatic wines from these calcareous and iron rich soils. The grapes are fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel and oak vats, then matured in French oak for 14 months. The 2021 has a taut and powerful dark fruit profile with Kirsch, blackberry and plum. It has a lot of grace on the long finish with hints of wet earth and cigar box.

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Provenance in fine wine

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

The Journey

Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

This information is sent from our systems to the warehouse every day to ensure the trail of ownership is verified and upheld.

While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

97/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Plum ruby red, nuanced and subtle with an emphasis on fragrance and lift, violet, peony, rose, finessed tannins, poise and intensity, raspberry and redcurrant fruit. Savoury, subtle, joyful. I love seeing what Telmo Rodriguez can do in Ribero del Duero, and so will you. He's been producing this wine since 1998, with the grapes from the northern area of Sotillo de la Ribera down to Pardilla in the south, 11 vineyards covering 21.5ha across five different villages. Native yeast fermentation.

drinking window 2025 - 2040

date of review 08/2024

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.