Artuke | Rioja | El Escolladero | 2021 | 750ml | bio

Description

Product description for Artuke El Escolladero 2021 (bio)

Wine Information

El Escolladero comes from a 73-year-old blend of Tempranillo and Graciano. The 0.95-hectare vineyard is located at an altitude of 650 meters in the Rioja Alavesa, at the foot of the Sierra Cantabria. The soil is calcareous, as is typical for this region. The grapes are fermented with the stalks, and the wine matures for 12 months in 600-liter barrels. The Artuke winery classifies its wines according to the Burgundian model. The winegrower brothers Arturo and Kike de Miguel Blanco classify their single-vineyard wine El Escolladero – alongside La Condenada – as a Grand Cru.

Colour

Crimson

Nose

The nose of El Escolladero is pure chalky minerality. There’s no makeup applied; this is Bauhaus instead of Baroque, and its simplicity is incredibly attractive. Although the wine is still (too) young, the nose is already an experience.

Palate

El Escolladero combines wildness and elegance like few Rioja wines. On the palate, the lean wine is racy and vibrant, but also very elegant and subtle. The fine tannins and zesty acidity run straight through the mouth, ensuring an extremely juicy and grippy finish. Overall, El Escolladero 2021 stands for impressive tension, precision, and intensity. Compared to the Artuke winery’s second “Grand Cru,” La Condenada, El Escolladero is perhaps not quite as complex and long, but it is even more uncompromising and clear.

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