LA CONDENADA
GRAPE: Tempranillo 80% Graciano, Garnacha and Palomino Fino 20%
APPELLATION: Rioja DOCa
VINIFICATION:
All the grapes are selected second time on a cluster selection table. Malolactic fermentation takes place in 500-litre French oak barrels. The wine is aged in 600 liters of French oak for 14 months. The wine is bottled after a soft filtration and without stabilization.
TASTING NOTES:
It is a concentrated red wine with aromas of red and black fruit notes of violet flowers and spicy touches On the palate it is fine, fresh and delicate A wine with a good texture and polished tannins. The finish is long and subtly mineral
FOOD PAIRING: Roasted red meats, Mature cheese, Lamb stew, Poultry
RATINGS HISTORY:
- 98 Robert Parker (WA) , vntg 2024
- Wine of the year Tim Atkin , vntg 2023
- 99 Tim Atkin , vntg 2023
- 100 Tim Atkin , vntg 2021, 2020
- 97 Tim Atkin , vntg 2022
- 97 Robert Parker (WA) , vntg 2023
- 96+ Robert Parker (WA) , vntg 2022
Tech Sheet:
PRODUCER: Artuke is a small family winery located in the Rioja-Alava town of Baños de Ebro. In 1991, Roberto de Miguel decided to make the leap from bulk to bottled wine, but it is his sons Arturo and Kike, from whose acronum the name of the winery that they now direct, those who are shaping a project rooted in the environment and the landscape.
