Luca Hodgkinson Telurico 2015
About the wine
Mouth-watering Chilean fruit bomb that was born to age
Luca’s Telurico is a real stunner. It’s made from 80 year old vines, carefully hand harvested, aged in French oak barrels and simply oozes quality.
- Intense deep ruby red in colour, its aromas ignite the sense immediately. Think kirsch and blueberry jam that develop into sumptuous nutmeg and cedar notes! It’s a juicy, mouth-watering delight with a fabulously long finish that is sure to impress.
By all means drink it up now but Luca says this one will also stand the test of time beautifully. We’re talking 10, 20 years easily…!
Best before
As said before, relax and enjoy when you remember you have this wine sitting there
Serving advice
Yes: Please take your time. Open the bottle, check the wine immediately. If it isn't at the correct temperature, make sure it is. Ideally use a decanter making sure the temperature won;t change in the process. And then take your time. This is a wine of layers. It will open slowly and you can enjoy the process of its changes and windows opening and other closing, it is quite a trip.
Food match
Game cooked in the oven stuffed with dried fruits and soaked in a good red wine!
DonÂ’t forget the gravy on the sideÂ…
Contains sulphites
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Luca Hodgkinson
Born and raised in the rugged Priorat region of Catalonia, to an English dad and French mum, Luca got a winemaking Master’s degree in Bordeaux, where he lived in the middle of St Emilion. He’s since made wines on 3 continents, and speaks 5 languages fluently.
Over the years, Luca realised he had to unlearn a lot of stuff from wine school. Like using artificial additives, pesticides, man-made irrigation and fertilizers. He believes vineyards are like people. If left to nature, they have personalities that shine through in their wines.
To Luca, wine is the most social product man has ever made, pure emotion in a glass. A mirror of the soils and location it springs from. It brings our senses down to earth. With Naked funding behind him, he’ll be able to focus 100% on what he’s best at, making his old-vine Chilean classics taste as delicious as possible.
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