Bodegas Artuke

Finca de los Locos, Rioja, 2017

Name: Finca de los Locos, Rioja
Brand: Bodegas Artuke
Price: 118.03 GBP

94/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A 2.80 hectare single vineyard planted at 550m elevation on gravel and sandy soils in Banos de Ebro in Rioja Alavesa. More fluid than the denser 2016 but unexpectedly more complex too; very stony and Mediterranean with notes of fresh herb and dry earth, tannins fairly prominent but makes up for that with bags of character – undeniably a wine of quality and a clear sense of place. Tempranillo with 18% Graciano and 2% Viura. Aged entirely in large oak vat. Really interesting, finishing on mineral notes with rock salt and black strawberries.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The first of the single-vineyards is the 2017 Finca de Los Locos, from a plot planted in 1981 in a terrace of Banos de Ebro at 120 meters above the level of the river, on gravel and sandy soils rich in limestone. It's mostly Tempranillo with 20% Graciano and a 2% pinch of white Viura fermented uncrushed with indigenous yeasts and matured in 500- and 600-liter barrels and two 3,500-liter oak foudre for 12 months. This wine has evolved tremendously since they moved away from the 225-liter barrels; and the priority now is to use large vats, and the remaining wine goes to large barrels. This represents a new level in this wine, which feels lively and vibrant, with great texture and nicely integrated oak. The nose is expressive and floral, with great elegance, the wine has a chiseled palate with very fine tannins and freshness. Plain great and with great finesse. I'd love to be able to time travel to see what this wine looks like in a decade from now. 11,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2019.

drinking window 2019 - 2027

date of review 06/2019

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