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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.
Identificación
El Camiño Real 2019 es una elaboración de la bodega Guímaro, de Pedro Rodríguez, dentro de la Denominación de Origen Ribeira Sacra en Galicia. Se trata de un vino tinto de la añada 2019.
Procedencia y elaboración
La uva procede de viñedos con más de 50 años de antigüedad situados en la subzona de Amandi. Las parcelas presentan suelos, orientaciones y exposiciones diferentes. Es en torno a un 80% Mencía; el resto son variedades locales plantadas entremezcladas en los viñedos viejos (Brancellao, Merenzao, Sousón, Caíño).
La vinificación se realiza en depósitos troncocónicos de roble utilizando levaduras indígenas. La fermentación emplea un 60% de racimos enteros y un 40% de uva despalillada, con una maceración total de aproximadamente 45 días. Tras la fermentación, la crianza dura entre 10 y 12 meses, transcurriendo en barricas de roble francés de 500 litros y en cubas de madera de 5.000 litros. Se embotelló en junio de 2020.
Perfil y notas
El perfil olfativo destaca por notas florales y matices de carne fresca, con muchos matices y complejidad. En boca se describe como de cuerpo medio, con taninos muy finos y un carácter etéreo, comparable a un Côte-Rôtie ligero.
Puntuaciones y críticos
La Guía Peñín le otorga 94 puntos. Destaca un color cereza poco intenso, aromas de fruta fresca y negra, hierbas silvestres, expresividad y equilibrio. En la cata lo valora como largo, frutoso, sabroso y fácil de beber.
The Wine Advocate (Parker) le asigna 94+ puntos. Considera esta añada como la mejor para esta botella. Lo describe como el tinto que cierra la brecha entre sus vinos jóvenes sin roble y los de viñedo singular, calificándolo como una excelente relación calidad-precio en una gran cosecha.
Cierre
Un vino de alta complejidad y finura, resultante de una selección rigurosa de viñedos viejos y una elaboración respetuosa que busca un estilo elegante y etéreo dentro de la Ribeira Sacra.
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.
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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