Teimosía - Tomiño, Pontevedra, Galicia
Teimosía (perseverance in Galician) was born from a collaboration between Martín Crusat (Adega do Vimbio), Dominique Roujou de Boubée (Terroir en Botella), and Joaquín "Quín" Álvarez, historical vinegrower of the Rosal for 50 years. In this small, handcrafted project, their goal and inspiration is to reveal the personality of Rosal reds. The microclimate of this area gives their wines a distinct identity from those produced in the Salnés valley of Rías Baixas and although the vineyard plots are in the Rías Baixas region, the wines are bottled without appellation.
Teimosía 2017
Caiño Tinto, Castañal, and Sousón planted in 2008 from 4 plots totaling less than 1 hectare and located 900 meters from the Miño river and 5 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean in southwest Galicia, just above Portugal. South facing with poor sandy-clay soils on decomposed schist and small gravel in ideal plots for the maturation of reds.
Winemaking: Spontaneous fermentation, 10 months in French oak barrels of 500L and 228L (25% new and 25% used) and stainless steel tank (50%).
Production: Only 2,315 bottles!
A Espiña 2017
Caiño Tinto, Castañal, and Sousón planted in 2008 from 4 plots totaling less than 1 hectare and located 900 meters from the Miño river and 5 kilometers from the Atlantic Ocean in southwest Galicia, just above Portugal. South facing with poor sandy-clay soils on decomposed schist and small gravel in ideal plots for the maturation of reds.
Winemaking: Spontaneous fermentation, 10 months in new French oak barrels of 228L (31%) and stainless steel tank (69%).
Production: Only 973 bottles!
Professional Reviews
RP91 - Teimosía 2017
Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date: June 11, 2020
Apparently, grape grower Quín Álvarez was the one who recovered the red variety Castañal, which is now allowed by the Rías Baixas appellation. The eponymous 2017 Teimosia is a super dark and opaque red blend of Caíño Tinto, Castañal and Sousón, and it has a very intense nose like concentrated violets with an earthy touch. The wine has a medium body, but it's still juicy and has quite notable acidity. I have no idea what the characteristics of Castañal are, but I have the feeling that it is more like Sousón or Ferrón than Brancellao or Merenzao. The grapes come from nine-year-old vines, and the destemmed and crushed grapes fermented separately with indigenous yeasts and matured in used French oak barrels for 10 months. 2,315 bottles were filled in August 2018. It's sold without appellation of origin.
RP91 - Teimosía A Espiña 2017
Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date: June 11, 2020
There are two red blends, the most "delicate" of which, the 2017 A Espiña, is not pitch black, but it's still quite dark and opaque and has a similar nose to the eponymous red. The grapes used are the same (Caíño Tinto, Castañal and Sousón), but they tell me this matured in new 228-liter oak barrels; however, the wine is so intense that it seems to have swallowed up all the new oak without problems. It has a similar profile as the eponymous red, and perhaps in the long run, this could have some more finesse; today, it's only a little more aromatic, but it has a similar mouthfeel. It will be interesting to follow these unusual reds, because they can probably age gracefully in bottle. Only 973 bottles produced. It was bottled in August 2018.
