Artadi, Rioja Valdegines Vintage:2010 Tasted blind at the Southwold

Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting

There is little doubt the 2001 is shaping up to be one of the most elegant Sorì San Lorenzos ever made

Here too there is a whiff of petrol character to the airy aromas of citrus peel and apple that are trimmed in just enough wood to notice

There is even better volume to the intense and caressing yet powerful larger-scaled flavors that exhibit a taut muscularity on the stony

Artadi, Rioja Valdegines Vintage:2010 Tasted blind at the SouthwoldThe 2010 Valdegines is produced with 100% Tempranillo from a single east facing, 7 hectare vineyard planted in 1979 in Laguardia at 600 meters altitude in slopes and terraces, which fermented in open wooden vats for 10 12 days and aged in French oak barrel for 14 months. The character of this vineyard is always very fresh, as it does not get sun after 5PM, so its always more Atlantic, more floral and on the red fruit side, easy to drink, with laser