Artuke Pies Negros 2018
Descripción
Artuke Pies Negros está elaborado a partir de parcelas diferentes de Ábalos, a los pies de la Sierra Cantabria, para conseguir cada año fundir en un vino la personalidad de este municipio. El origen calcáreo de los suelos y sobre todo, el clima de carácter atlántico dentro de la zona, son los que aportan frescura y tipicidad a este vino. Su nombre viene del pisado tradicional de las uvas, una labor que siguen realizando con los pies desnudos.
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The 2018 Pies Negros was produced with grapes from the Sierra Cantabria in the village of Ábalos, so another village wine, even if it won't get the official qualification, as they don't have a winery in Ábalos! It's a blend of Tempranillo with 15% Graciano fermented with destemmed but uncrushed grapes with indigenous yeasts, and it matured in 500-liter oak barrels for 12 months, except for 10% of the volume that was kept in concrete for that time. This didn't stop growing in the glass, and the aromas are subtle and elegant. Since they started working with larger oak containers, they had to learn to work under more reductive conditions; they now seem to have mastered it, at least in some of the wines, like this one. The wines are subtler and less immediate than the wines aged in barrique, and this long-cycle vintage has a tendency toward this profile of wines. The palate is very balanced and fresh, with a core of red fruit, with bright flavors and very good precision. 70,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in two lots; the one I tasted was from December 2019.
Pies Negros is a blend of Tempranillo and 10% Graciano from (mostly) Ábalos and Samaniego. Reflecting the cooler 2018 vintage, it's dense, focused and comparatively restrained, with subtle 15% new wood, racy dark berry fruit and the balance and precision that are typical of the Artuke style. Nuanced and long on the palate. 2023-28
Añadas: 2021 2020 2019 2018
No lo recuerdo. Eso no es malo, pero tampoco bueno....
4,5 de valoracion. Un rioja sin nombre pero con una calidad especial. Siempre quedarás bien.