With good argument, Artadi could well be considered the most exciting enterprise in Rioja. This wine is spectacular, but there are just over 100 cases. The wine is 100% Tempranillo grown at high altitudes, raised in French oak, and bottled without filtration. There is an extraordinary elegance and purity, as well as remarkable intensity and symmetry.

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Alluring flavors of raspberry jam and milk chocolate give this red a velvety appeal. Sweet and beautifully textured, with ripe fruit and lavish oak, though a bit short on the finish.

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Had to try this again. This bottle thankfully showing much better than the one last week. Lovely aromatics with some brett and funkiness but in a good way. Complex structure with a good dose of dark fruit. Acidity and backbone are present. Flavours build in mouth but the decent finish maybe falls slightly short. I'm sipping this wishing I was having it with food. This is large-scaled and would complement a steak beautifully. As some other taster mentioned, nothing really identifies it as Rioja nor is it classic tempranillo like a Vega Unico. Still, my faith in Artadi has been restored although I'm beginning to wonder whether there's a lot of inconsistency. A recent batch of 4 bottles of 2001 Artadi Grandes Anadas were all over the place. Perhaps highly susceptible to storage conditions? 50+8+9+18+8=93