2005 Artadi Rioja Pagos Viejos
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Brucie69 Likes this wine:
Saturday, January 28, 2023 - Napa or Rioja? Good but…
Rich nose of black cherry, violets, cinnamon, mocha and slightly dusty.
Really rich palate of black cherry, blackberries, plum with the dark chocolate and cinnamon. Some red fruit hitches a lift from the wave of acidity on the back palate. The acid wave is a welcome counterbalance to the fruit and oak.
Lots of good things to like about this wine and it tastes far younger than it’s 17 years. But…I wouldn’t have picked it as Rioja. Along with the American oak it has Napa sensibilities of really rich oak Laden fruit, which I’m personally not a huge fan of. What sets this apart from the Napa fruit behemoths is the perky acidity but I’ve marked it down a point as it lacks typicity.
So if you’re a Napa fan dive in. Others YMMV.
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Comment posted by Christian von Dresky:
10/28/2023 12:01:00 PM - One thing: no american ok here. 100 % french barriques.
Comment posted by Brucie69:
1/30/2024 7:56:00 AM - Hi Christian. Many thanks for the clarification. I must admit, as American oak is synonymous with Rioja and given how oaky it felt to me, I didn’t fact check.