Tasting Notes

WA92

The 2000 Santa Cruz de Artazuri (600 cases) is 100% Grenache from a high altitude, 100+ year old vineyard with gravelly/chalky soils. The wine was aged 8-10 months in large French demi-muids, and bottled with minimal clarification. It elicited three "wow`s" from me when tasted. It boasts a gorgeous perfume of black raspberry liqueur mixed with cherries, blackberries, minerals, and licorice. Although restrained, it cannot conceal its full body, opulence, richness, and overall purity. This sexy, amazing red tastes like a $50-$60 wine. Enjoy it over the next decade. This debut offering from Artazu, a project of Juan-Carlos Lopez de la Call, the force behind Rioja`s great Bodegas Artadi, is worth buying by the case.

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