Artuke Finca de los Locos Rioja 2023

Artuke Finca de los Locos Rioja 2023$39. 99 6+ bottles (code: 6saves2) 94 points Wine Advocate The label of the single vineyard 2023 Finca de Los Locos now has the name of the "paraje" where the vines are, Peaescalera in Baos de Ebro. It comes from a 2. 8 hectare plot planted in 1981 on sandy and gravel soils at 120 meters above sea level. This year, it's 70% Tempranillo, 25% Graciano and 5% white Viura, with more Graciano this time, which possibly contributes to the seriousness of the

and tense red wine you won’t want to stop drinking

classic Rioja soils

with considerable pressure in the elegant finish

offering spice-tinged black and blue fruit and floral pastille flavors that show sharp delineation and strong

a genetic cousin of Zinfandel

These are low-intervention wines with minimal and occasionally no use of sulfur

for 17 months

Aging:  Matured in steel tanks for 18 months

plus an additional four or more years in bottle before release

From this hill we produce our Freisa

medium body

Exceptional with cured cheeses and fine hams