Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2022
Reserva red wine from Ribera del Duero. Varietal Tinto Fino aged for 22 months in French oak barrels.
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Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2022
A high-end Spanish red wine from Ribera del Duero, the wine Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña is a varietal Tinta del País wine produced by Bodegas Rodero.
This single vineyard Reserva red wine is made from 45-year-old vines grown in sandy and rocky soils..
Harvested by hand and exactingly selected, the grapes were fermented in stainless steel tanks.
Then, this red wine from Ribera del Duero was transferred into 225-litre new French oak barrels, where it completed malolactic fermentation and was aged for a period of 22 months. It was bottled in September 2024.
Produced only in exceptional vintages, the red wine Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2022 is a paragon of quality. All bottles are numbered.
Decant this single parcel wine at least 1 hour before drinking.
| Appearance | The red wine Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña is deep purple with a violet rim. |
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| Nose | Impressively deep, serious and intense. This Tinto Fino (aka Tempranillo) begins with some deep notes of undergrowth and dry earth, seguing into pristine aromas of blueberries, balsam, coffee, leather and toast. There is an ever-present, beating mineral background, and some echos of spices and flowers. |
| Palate | Bold and information-rich, this wine by Bodegas Rodero shows amazing promise, announcing an impressive development over the next years. Intricate and multilayered, with a, so to speak, pressurized complexity that really needs some time to loosen up. Wonderfully suggestive notes of blackberry liquor, wet undergrowth, tobacco leaves and bitter cocoa, with a deep mineral core. Very long, complex finish. |
| Our personal opinion | The magnificent wine Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2022 squares the circle. Powerful and smooth-textured. Complex and drinkable. |
| OTHER VINTAGES | Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2020: Enterwine 94. J- Suckling 95. Decanter 90. Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2019: Enterwine 94. Proensa 100. Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2016: Enterwine 95. Guía Peñín 94. Decanter 93. J.Suckling 91. Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2015: Enterwine 94. Parker 93. Peñín 94. Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2014: Enterwine 94. Parker 94. Peñín 92. Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2011: Peñín 93. Best Red Wine-Wines from Spain Awards 2014. Carmelo Rodero Pago de Valtarreña 2009: Peñín 93. Gold Medal -"Tempranillos of the World" and "Citadelles du Vin". |
| Year | 2022 |
| Type | Red |
| D.O. | Ribera del Duero |
| Bottle size | 75 cl |
| Percentage of Alcohol | 15 |
| Serving tempurature | 16-18ºC |
| Should this wine be decanted? | 40-60 minutes before serving |
| Does this wine follow the guidelines of biodynamic Farming? | No |
| Organic | No |
| Is this product free of sulfites? | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Ageing | Reserva |
| Type of ageing | Months in French oak barrels |
| Number of months aged in Barrels | 22 |
| Peñin Score | 93 |
| Enterwine's Score | 94 |
| Other guides | T. Atkin: 91 points. |
| Mono-Varietal | Tinto Fina |
| Pairings | Alone, Birds, Bull meat, Chocolate, Cured cheeses, Rice with meat, Roasted foods, Roasted lamb, Roasted lamb ribs, Roasted red meats, Rosted piglet, Sheep´s cheese, Specialty plates, Specialty Spanish prosciutto |
| Taste | Complex and Elegant, Silky and intense, Tasty with barrel notes |
| Occasion | A special occasion, Dinner with friends, Romantic Dinner, To bring to an engagement |
| Red Grapes | Tinto Fina |
