Artadi Valdegines 2017
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A wine with a well-defined and structured backbone that contains angular shapes which denote power. It presents itself with cautious speech in a submissive way when first entering the mouth, and the strength of its blended tannins and its powerful balance are appreciable in the mid-palate.
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James Suckling
Intense aromas of crushed stones to the blueberry and black-cherry character with hints of vanilla bean and tar. The very fine tannins give class and finesse to this young wine. Fresh and vivid at the finish.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The bottled 2017 Valdeginés from a slope in Laguardia felt quite harmonious and tender, somehow a fresh and jovial Tempranillo (in the context of the other single-vineyard Tempranillo bottling). There are fresh flavors of cherries and licorice, ripe but without excess, with weight and balance, round tannins and a dry, tasty finish. A happy Tempranillo.
Rating: 93+
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Artadi is about purity of extracted fruit with almost Burgundian textures. In fact, critics have often compared these wines to the top wines of Chambolle-Musigny and other top appellations of Burgundy. The key to this level of elegance comes from the cold wines of the Pyrenees which blow from the north. This coupled with moderate temperatures tend to make these wines a study in elegance and power, the iron fist in a velvet glove if you will. They are some of the most extraordinary examples of Tempranillo in the world.
Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.