May 04 2008
Uma telteca Shiraz 2006, 84 points
Uma telteca Shiraz 2006, 84 points
Had this wine in first class on Continental airlines. I guess its ok for and airline wine. However here is my real take. The color was weak at best, very light purple with not much body or deepness. The nose had a pretty strong cherry and vanilla on it with a touch of caramel. The pallet was very disjointed and a little hot. The tannins were all over the place and not focused. Tasted like aluminum or some kind of metal. This wine was not focused. Bitter on the finish. This is more of an every day table wine. Don’t rush out to try this because its just ok for the money. OK for 8 bucks a bottle. Can’t believe I even tried it. Sorry.
TELTECA WINERY
Telteca means “ripe fruit of algarrobo” a noble tree of Mendoza. Cartellone family started building the winery in 1976 in Costa de Araujo, located in northern part of Mendoza province. In 1987, the winery started focusing in the international market by exporting for the first time. In the year 2000 the group merges with Marubeni Corporation from Japan starting with a very new awy to produce this telteca+s Telteca Vineyars are located in Lavalle in the northern part of Mendoza. José Pedro gómez is the winemaker. A man das really knows what he do.
