Pegaso Arrebatacapas 2018
The most important slate expression of Gredos
Originating from an extraordinary vineyard planted in 1953 at an altitude of 1050 meters in the heart of the Sierra de Gredos, Pegaso Arrebatacapas 2018 reflects the purest expression of the slate soils of the area. With a unique personality, Telmo Rodríguez crafts this single-varietal Garnacha red wine using native yeasts during fermentation. A long and gentle maceration was followed by a calm aging period of 18 months in French oak barrels, resulting in a red wine under the D.O.P. Cebreros that is concentrated, powerful, serious, and with a pleasant mineral character.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Garnacha tinta
Type of barrel
French oak barrels of 500 and 600 liters
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
18 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Bottling
6/2020
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14.5
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.”