Artuke, Rioja, 2024
A cuvee made from the estate’s most limestone-influenced plots. Aged in 100% stainless steel on its lees. The palate is crisp and vibrant, with ripe yellow-fleshed fruit, notes of crushed herb, a fine bead of citrus freshness, and an unerring, savoury mineral backbone.
critic reviews
The eponymous 2024 Artuke is a juicy and tasty carbonic maceration red, a modern rendition of the classical "cosechero" wines. It is perfumed, aromatic and heady, with aromas of bubble gum and flowers and a velvety palate with almost unnoticeable tannins. It's a young and unoaked Tempranillo with some 5% white Viura grapes from the village of Banos de Ebro and was kept in concrete until it was bottled. 80,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2024. This is a bargain to buy by the truckload and drink unashamedly.