2016 Bodegas Telmo Rodriguez Gaba do Xil Mencia, Valdeorras

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 91 points

I was very pleasantly surprised by the expressive nose of the 2016 Gaba do Xil Mencía; it was very open, floral and perfumed, refined and elegant, expressing the freshness of the 2016 vintage. It has that spicy and herbal twist not that far from some Gamays or Cabernet Francs, with the Galician signature of forest floor, bay leaf and nettle, and with very good complexity. This is quite refined, tasty and long. 33,876 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2018 completely unoaked. This might be the finest vintage to date of this bottling.

Review Date: February 2019