2017 Valdegines
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Furry tannins, austere fruit, savoury finish. Modern and stylised, and not much like Rioja as most people know it (which perhaps explains this producer's choice to declassify). Again, I wonder if this is suffering from having been rebottled into sample bottles? (RH)
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Richard Hemming MW, jancisrobinson.com
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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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. 9,216 bottles were filled in July 2019.
About the producer
Owner and winemaker Juan Carlos López de Lacalle is among an elite group of global vintners whose expertise creates wines that stand above others in their regions. Artadi produces refined Rioja in unoaked and oaked styles, including superb Reservas and single-vineyard wines such as Viña El Pisón.