Camiño Real 2019 | Guímaro | Ribeira Sacra

Name: Camiño Real 2019 | Guímaro | Ribeira Sacra
Brand: Guímaro
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Price: 19.9 EUR
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19.90 €

Camiño Real 2019 | Guímaro | Ribeira Sacra

19.90 €

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Guímaro (Pedro Rodríguez), DOC Ribeira Sacra. Vineyards over 50 years old across several plots with different soil types, orientations and exposures. 100% Mencía.

Fermented with 60% whole clusters and 40% destemmed grapes in frustoconical oak tanks with indigenous yeasts. Maceration of approximately 45 days. Aged 10–12 months in 500-litre French oak barrels and 5,000-litre wooden vats.

Wine Identification
Camiño Real is a red wine produced by Guímaro, led by Pedro Rodríguez, in the Ribeira Sacra appellation of Galicia, Spain. This specific profile corresponds to the 2019 vintage. The name translates to "royal path," referencing an ancient route from Doade to Castro Candelas said to have been used by kings.

Origin and Winemaking
The wine is sourced from vineyards over 50 years old located in the Amandi sub-region. These plots feature diverse soils, orientations, and altitudes. The blend is primarily Mencía, though field-blended varieties such as Brancellao, Merenzao, Sousón, and Caíño are present due to the intermixed nature of the old vineyards.

Vinification involves fermenting 60% of the grapes as whole clusters (with stems) and 40% destemmed in troncoconic oak vats using indigenous yeasts. The must undergoes maceration for approximately 45 days. Following fermentation, the wine is aged for 10 to 12 months in a combination of 500-liter French oak barrels and 5,000-liter wooden vats. This production style aims to bridge the gap between Guímaro’s young unoaked wines and their single-vineyard reds.

Tasting Notes
According to Guía Peñín, Camiño Real presents a cherry color of low intensity. The nose is expressive and balanced, offering notes of fresh fruit, black fruit, and wild herbs. On the palate, it is described as fruity, savory, long, and easy to drink.

Critical Reception
The 2019 vintage has received high marks from major guides:

Guía Peñín: 94 points
The Wine Advocate (Parker): 94+ points

Overall Character
Camiño Real sits in the middle of Guímaro’s range, combining the structure of single-vineyard selections with the approachability of younger wines. It reflects the complexity of old-vine Mencía from Ribeira Sacra through extended maceration and mixed oak aging.

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PEÑÍN: 94

COLOR: cereza poco intenso

AROMA: fruta fresca, fruta negra, expresivo, equilibrado, hierbas silvestres

BOCA: largo, frutoso, sabroso, fácil de beber

PARKER: 94+

Camiño Real was a path from Doade to Castro Candelas only suitable for horses, not for carriages, that was said to have been used by the kings, hence the name, which means "royal path." The 2019 Camiño Real is a red to close the gap between the young unoaked wine and the reds from the single vineyards. It was produced with grapes from old vines in Amandi combining orientations, altitudes and soils. It's around 80% Mencía and the rest local grapes intermixed in the old vineyards that are always field blends—Brancellao, Merenzao, Sousón, Caíño… It fermented with some 60% full clusters in troncoconic oak vats with indigenous yeasts and a total maceration time of 45 days. The wine matured in a combination of 500-liter oak barrels and 5,000-liter oak vats for 10 to 12 months. It has a beautiful nose with floral notes, hints of fresh meat and great nuance and complexity. It's medium-bodied with very fine tannins, somewhat ethereal, like a weightless Côte-Rôtie. This has to be the finest vintage for this bottling. This was the only red I didn't taste from 2020 as it had not yet been bottled. This wine is a true bargain, and in this great vintage, they produced a little bit more, some 25,000 bottles. It was bottled in June 2020.

Learn more about Guímaro

Guímaro was the family's nickname in the village, and in Galician it means rebel. Under that name they bottle in Sanmil, in the municipality of Sober, within the Amandi subzone of Ribeira Sacra.

Manolo and Carmen Rodríguez set up the winery in 1991, when they stopped selling wine in bulk and began bottling it themselves, and joined the appellation in 1996. Their son, Pedro Manuel Rodríguez, has run it since 2001.

The winemaker Raúl Pérez has advised the house since 2002, and with him came native yeasts, whole-cluster work and ageing in large wooden formats.

They farm some 8 hectares of their own plus rented plots, all in Amandi. Mencía leads the reds, with Caíño, Sousón, Brancellao, Merenzao, Mouratón and Garnacha Tintorera; the whites are Godello with Treixadura, Loureiro and Albariño, in the local field-blend tradition. The single-vineyard wines are Meixemán, Capeliños and Pombeiras.

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