Corriente 2021 is an excellent choice for daily enjoyment. Light and friendly, it is a coupage of garnacha, graciano, and tempranillo designed as a tribute to the traditional artisanal non-official classifications of Rioja. Telmo Rodríguez produces an unpretentious red wine that, with its refreshing aromas of red fruit and pepper, will be the perfect companion to pair with delicious tapas and appetizers.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
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Type of barrel
Barrels and oak vats
Type of bottle
Bordeaux Bottle
Barrel aging time
10-12 months
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
Telmo Rodríguez Corriente 2021 is a young red wine produced by Telmo Rodríguez in La Rioja from the varieties tempranillo, garnacha, and graciano. A friendly and unpretentious wine born from organic vineyards, in diverse soils of the Lanciego de Álava area, located at 650 meters of altitude.
The winery Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodríguez returned to Rioja in 1998 with more experience. Lanzaga, with 15 hectares, was its innovative project, seeking plots with exceptional vineyards to produce great wines. This is an example that Telmo Rodríguez is one of the first driving winemakers (those who move to different areas to make wines of the same vintage using the native grape varieties of each original region). The philosophy of Telmo Rodríguez is to recover forgotten vineyards.
Belonging to the D.O.Ca. Rioja, this wine is fermented with native yeasts in cement vats of up to 8500 kg. Additionally, it matures in foudres of different ages for 10 or 12 months. Corriente 2021 is ideal to accompany tapas and starters, rice dishes with meat, and barbecues.
Tasting notes
The red wine Corriente displays an intense cherry red color, clean and bright.
Clean nose of medium intensity, presenting aromas of ripe red fruit, notes of dried herbs and vegetables, and aromas reminiscent of pepper.
On the palate, light, fresh, fruity (red fruit), pleasant with a good persistent finish.
The winery
The winery of the Compañía de Telmo Rodríguez is located on a beautiful estate in Rioja Alavesa called Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri, in the municipal district of Labastida. An estate with a rich history. It has evolved from being part of a medieval settlement in the 10th century to a farm run by Hieronymite monks in the 14th century. However, it was in 1968 when a couple, Jaime Rodríguez and Amaya Hernandorena, acquired the estate. During this period, they opted for a more modern and fruit-forward style of wine, quite different from the classic Rioja of the time.
Today, the estate is managed by the second generation, led by the couple's son, Telmo Rodríguez, who, far from settling into the family winery, decided to study and train in Bordeaux and establish his own brand. With it, he produces wines from indigenous varieties in various unique regions of Spain's geography: Rioja, Rueda, Cigales, Toro, Ribera del Duero, Alicante… to name a few. Another of the proposals of the Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodríguez is to focus particularly on the recovery of forgotten vineyards.
Telmo Rodríguez, together with his friend and partner, Pablo Eguzquiza, has been working the vineyard since 1992. During this time, they have produced special terroir-driven wines that manage to express a modern and natural character from historical vineyards. One of Telmo Rodríguez's guiding principles is to preserve and care for the taste of the region because, according to the winemaker, it had been lost over the past decades: “poor viticulture loses the taste of the place.”