In the glass
Aroma: black cherry, blueberry, violet, graphite, sweet spice
Palate: silky black fruit, fine-grained tannin, mineral, floral
Spain's most celebrated single-vineyard Tempranillo, from a tiny old-vine plot at Laguardia; intense yet ethereal, with floral lift, silky tannins and profound minerality.
What it pairs with
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Venison loin
Dark game meets El Pison's silky black fruit and graphite. -
Chuleton de buey a la brasa
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A grand aged-beef chop for Spain's icon single-vineyard red. -
Aged hard cheese
Crystalline cheese sharpens the long mineral finish.
History
Vina El Pison comes from a 2.4-hectare old-vine plot first bottled on its own in the 1990s. It is one of Spain's most sought-after wines and the flagship of Artadi's site-driven philosophy.
- 1985 — Artadi founded by Juan Carlos Lopez de Lacalle
- 2015 — Artadi leaves the Rioja DOCa to label by site
Facts
- Producer
- Artadi
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (100%)
- Classification
- Vino de Espana (formerly DOCa Rioja, left 2015)
- Oak
- Around 18 to 20 months in new French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 250 to 500 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10 to 30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1985
Scores
- Wine Advocate 97 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)
- Tim Atkin 97 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2020)