Pegaso Barrancos de Pizarra 2021
Great high-altitude Garnacha from the Sierra de Gredos
Pegaso Barrancos de Pizarra 2021 is a red wine made from 100% Garnacha, the result of the project by renowned winemaker Telmo Rodríguez and pilot Carlos Sainz. It is crafted from the vineyards of Pizarra, in the village of Cebreros (Ávila), at an altitude of up to 950 meters above sea level, in the heart of the Sierra de Gredos. A wine of unique expressiveness, complex, direct, and profound.
Consumption features
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Garnacha tinta
Type of barrel
French oak barrels of 400 and 500 liters
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
24-30 months
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14.5
General Information
Pegaso Barrancos de Pizarra 2021 is a single-varietal Garnacha wine produced under the D.O.P. Cebreros by the Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodríguez. The grapes used to make it come from vineyards located on brown slate slopes, settled on metamorphic rock, at 950 meters above sea level in Cebreros (Ávila), in the heart of the Sierra de Gredos.
Telmo Rodríguez and his friend and partner Pablo Eguzquiza have been working on the vineyard since 1992. Together, they form the winery Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodríguez and produce special, terroir-driven wines that express the modern and natural character of historic vineyards. One of Telmo Rodríguez's principles is to preserve and care for the taste of the region, which has been gradually lost over the last decades. One of their goals is to recover forgotten vineyards and identify the best areas in the country to produce potential wines with international character. This is the case here, with the Sierra de Gredos and its Pegaso Pizarra.
Using traditional and organic viticulture and manual harvesting, Pegaso Pizarra 2021 is made with native yeasts. It undergoes aging for 24-30 months in French oak barrels with a capacity of 500 and 400 liters. A red wine perfect for pairing with Iberian cured meats, roasts, stews, and aged cheeses.
Creators' opinion
En Pegaso Pizarra se emplea uva muy seleccionada y se nota en la profundidad y peso de este vino, intenso y armonioso. Los suelos de pizarra aportan una textura más amplia y amable con una tanicidad integrada y delicada sobre una expresión aromática compleja y original, marcada por las notas de monte bajo, jara, romero y lavanda, envueltas en sensaciones balsámicas y minerales.
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.”