VinoBuy: 2006 Telmo Rodrigues Gago "g"
2006 TELMO RODRIGUEZ Gago "g" Toro
$17.95 bottle...$178.00 case
Telmo Rodriguez is a ridiculously talented, passionate winemaker who has projects running almost the breadth of Spain. He never seems to lose sight of the goal, which is delivering absolute top quality wine from each appellation he inhabits. This 2006 Gago "g" perfectly illustrates this fact. 100% Tinto de Toro (the local clone of tempranillo), I first tried this fabulously satisfying bottle about 9 months ago when the local importer dropped a sample bottle by. I absolutely loved it. Rich, ripe, and darkly colored, with succulent yet savory black fruit, earthy spice, and a beautiful texture that frankly wowed me. However (and so many times in this business there's a big old "however") it also wholesaled at $22 a bottle. Not that it wasn't worth $30+ on the shelf, because it absolutely was. But at that point my $30+ Spanish slot was kind of jammed. Fast forward to about 3or 4 weeks ago, when the whole Telmo line switched to a different distributor here in PDX, leaving the old wholesaler with a big pile of Telmo's wine they didn't particularly want. The new distributor didn't want the old vintages, so the old supplier was forced to do some serious discounting. Now I remembered how thrilled I was by my initial tasting of the "g" bottling, and badgered my rep for a deal. Much hemming and hawing ensued, until finally, and I was SHOCKED at how much they dropped the price, they cut lose with all 40 cases of the 2006 Gago "g" which I delightedly scooped up and can now offer to you at slightly more than half its original price, and four dollars under the old wholesale cost!! This is nothing less than one of the best closeout deals I've ever come across, and this wine at this incredible reasonable price is a flat out steal! Needless to say it is limited to the 40 cases...well, actually 39 because I'm keeping one...so I highly encourage your serious consideration on this. Parker's Wine Advocate gave it 92 points and called it "....an opulent, buxom beauty that will deliver pleasure now through 2018." To which I might add that this passionate Spaniard also has a heckuva lot of class and style!