This is an extremely impressive effort and one of the finest wines of the vintage

but that period is down to several months from a full year the wine spent in small barrels up until 2001 or so

It doesn't have the sheer power of the 2019

ground anise and verbena notes waft through flavors of poached apple and pear

dusty sage

Artadi, Rioja Valdegines Size:6x750ml This is an extremely impressiveThe 2010 Valdegines is produced with 100% Tempranillo from a single east facing, 7 hectare vineyard planted in 1979 in Laguardia at 600 meters altitude in slopes and terraces, which fermented in open wooden vats for 10 12 days and aged in French oak barrel for 14 months. The character of this vineyard is always very fresh, as it does not get sun after 5PM, so its always more Atlantic, more floral and on the red fruit side, easy to drink, with laser