2006 Artadi Vinas de Gain

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Tasting notes
Score 91+/100 · Josh Raynolds, Sep 2008

(100% tempranillo, like all of these Artadi wines) Inky ruby. Intensely perfumed, sexy bouquet of dark berries, fresh flowers and smoky minerals. Tactile and deep, offering powerful blackberry and mulberry flavors, chewy tannins and very good back-end minerality. Picks up sweet mocha, bitter cherry skin and candied licorice on the long, sappy finish. This wine is showing a more serious personality than I've ever seen at this stage.

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Critic scores
92
92/100

Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate

91
91+/100

Josh Raynolds

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92 points
Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
Score 92/100 · Drink 2012-2025, Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate, Feb 2008

The 2006 Vinas de Gain is old-vine Tempranillo aged in 40% new French oak for 12-14 months. Deep crimson-colored, it offers an alluring perfume of truffle, pencil lead, vanilla, blackberry, and black cherry jam. Full bodied, the wine is opulent yet elegant. It has enough stuffing to evolve for 4-5 years and should drink well from 2012 to 2025. Importer: Eric Solomon, European Cellars, Charlotte, NC; tel. (704) 358-1565

92 points
Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate
Score 92/100 · Jay S Miller, Wine Advocate

The 2006 Vinas de Gain is old-vine Tempranillo aged in 40% new French oak for 12-14 months. Deep crimson-colored, it offers an alluring perfume of truffle, pencil lead, vanilla, blackberry, and black cherry jam. Full bodied, the wine is opulent yet elegant. It has enough stuffing to evolve for 4-5 years and should drink well from 2012 to 2025. Feb 2008, www.robertparker.com

About the producer

Artadi D.O.
Artadi

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.

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Red

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