Artadi | Rioja | El Carretil | 2020 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for Artadi El Carretil 2020 (bio)

The history of Artadi goes back to a cooperative project. In 1985, several producers joined forces because they believed that top-quality wines could be produced in the region without extremely long barrel aging. Under the leadership of Juan Carlos López de Lacalle, they succeeded in refining this process over the decades and achieving considerable success. In 2016, the decision was made to withdraw from the DOCa Rioja because their philosophy had become too different from that of the rest of the appellation. Even today, Artadi does not produce Reserva or Gran Reserva wines. However, they do use a subtle amount of wood, without masking the terroir. Like El Pisón, El Carretil is an amphitheater site at an altitude of around 500 meters and rotates from east to south to west. The site is characterized by somewhat lighter, limestone soils with plenty of sand – soils for the finest wines. Both are extreme sites with extreme subsoils: El Pisón has more clay, more profound power, El Carretil more finesse and elegance. The vines are well over 70 years old. All are biodynamically cultivated and have been bottled as single-vineyard wines for many years.

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Wine Advocate

Score: 97

The 2020 El Carretil is fresh and fruit-driven with very fine, chalky tannins from the very high limestone and silt content in the soil, and it has the elegance of the sand component of the “salagón” soils. I found very good precision and elegance in this wine, from a vineyard that behaves well in less warm years and suffers in dry conditions. However, I found the wine to be spectacular, with balance and freshness, and it’s very clean and fine-boned. It should develop nicely in bottle. 5,000 bottles were filled in June 2022.
Luis Gutiérrez

Producer website: https://artadi.com/en/artazu-navarra