Artadi, Rioja Valdegines Brut Zero with hints of sage and

with hints of sage and bay leaf accenting cassis

being very careful not to dry out the wine

Here too the mouth feel is quite fine as the supporting tannins shaping the middle weight flavors are also very fine-grained

The racy and nicely tension-filled medium weight flavors possess fine depth and persistence on the very dry but not really austere finale

in fact so much so that the finish reminds me a bit of a classic Chablis in terms of how the wine is built around its minerality

Artadi, Rioja Valdegines Brut Zero with hints of sage andThe 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