Tempranillo

In 1985 in Laguardia, a small town in the Alevesa region of Rioja, a group of local vineyard owners founded Artadi as a co-operative with the view of focussing on their vineyards. This project was taken over in 1992 by the Localle... Read More

The 2018 Pícaro del Águila Clarete is riper comes from a cooler and slow-ripening year and had a shorter élevage 16 months in French oak barrels. 2018 is one of the greatest vintages in the zone in recent years but perhaps... Read More

I also tasted the 2019 Pícaro del Águila Clarete a wine produced with a blend of red and white grapes as if it was a red aging it in French oak barrels for 15 months. 2019 was a warmer and riper year in the region and the wine... Read More

I also tasted the 2017 Canta la Perdiz from the low-yielding and warm year marked by spring frost. The Tempranillo field blend clusters fermented in concrete vats with natural yeasts after being foot trodden. The wine went through... Read More

Their Gran Reserva style red 2015 Peñas Aladas Gran Reserva had a very long aging in barrel a total of 54 months including six months of malolactic fermentation. This comes from a myriad of small plots of some of the oldest vines... Read More

2017 was a low-yielding year so I also tasted the 2018 Reserva their flagship red wine that wants to be a representation of the village of La Aguilera—fine serious and elegant. It's 95% Tempranillo with the remaining grapes... Read More

The second vintage of the top-of-the-range 2018 Yjar was produced with Tempranillo Garnacha Graciano and other grapes from selected plots from Remelluri. It has 14.6% alcohol and a pH of 3.45. This has a more modern profile than... Read More

The 2019 Yjar is the third vintage of their top-of-the-range wine designed for the international market and sold through the négociant system of Bordeaux. It was produced with a blend of Tempranillo Garnacha Graciano and other... Read More