2012 Valdegines
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Deep ruby. Fresh, focused scents of spice-laced raspberry and cherry with a suave floral overtone. Juicy, seamless and very fresh on the palate, offering an array of red fruit flavors that deepen with aeration. In a suave, fruit-driven style, finishing with excellent punch and supple tannins.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
Josh Raynolds
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The 2012 Valdeginés is a very fresh, single-vineyard Tempranillo that always has plenty of licorice and even aniseed aromas. As they do with all the single-vineyard wines, Valdeginñes is also fermented in oak vats and matured in French oak barriques. This is a cool vineyard that produces fresh wines, perhaps more Atlantic than those from 2011. It has a fine texture, good acidity and is a happy wine. It doesn't have the strict minerality found in other vineyards like Carretil; here the fruit is more upfront. There is no need to wait but time will bring extra complexity. 12,000 bottles produced.
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.