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Telmo Rodríguez, alongside his long-standing partner Pablo Eguzkiza, are more than just winemakers; they are the restorers of Spain’s oenological heritage. Since the project’s inception in 1994 with a single plot in Navarra, their Compañía de Vinos has evolved into a fundamental movement dedicated to rehabilitating abandoned, historic vineyards. In contrast to the proponents of industrial viticulture, Telmo focuses on autochthonous grape varieties and their primal expression, today managing over 80 hectares divided into 355 small plots across the country—from Málaga to Valdeorras.
The axis of Telmo Rodríguez’s philosophy is terroir hunting. Rather than creating a standardized "house style," he allows the local geology and microclimate to speak. His work with old bush vines (vignoble en gobelet) across various appellations reveals a dramatic mosaic of soils: from the granite outcrops of Galicia to the limestone plateaus of the Rioja region. Each wine serves as a portrait of a specific village or valley, where biodiversity within the vineyard is regarded as an essential condition for quality.
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The production process maintains a strict distance from modern technological solutions. Only indigenous yeasts are used, and the aging strategy is selected individually to emphasize the purity of the grape rather than the influence of the oak itself. Often, large-capacity neutral oak casks or concrete vats are employed to preserve the desired structure and mineral character of the wine. This is an intellectual approach to winemaking, where technique serves as a tool to highlight the 43 different varieties that Telmo and Pablo have returned to the Spanish wine map.
