In the glass
Aroma: black cherry, blackberry, violet, cedar, mineral
Palate: dark fruit, fine tannin, graphite, fresh
A single-vineyard old-vine Tempranillo with the house's signature floral lift and minerality, more accessible than El Pison but built on the same site-driven philosophy.
What it pairs with
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Chuleton de buey
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Aged-beef chop frames the wine's fine tannin and dark fruit. -
Roast lamb shoulder
Slow-roast lamb meets the silky black fruit. -
Aged Idiazabal
Smoked sheep cheese sharpens the mineral finish.
History
Valdegines is one of Artadi's named single-vineyard Tempranillos, sitting below El Pison in the range.
- 2002 — Valdegines established as a named single-vineyard bottling
Facts
- Producer
- Artadi
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (100%)
- Classification
- Vino de Espana (formerly DOCa Rioja, left 2015)
- Oak
- Around 14 to 16 months in French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 45 to 75 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6 to 20 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2002
Scores
- Tim Atkin 94 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)