2001 Artadi Rioja, Vina El Pison (750ml)

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Vintage: 2001
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Artadi Rioja
Vineyard:
Designation: Vina El Pison
Appellation: Rioja
Producer: Artadi
Varietal: Tempranillo
Type: Red
Country: Spain
Region: La Rioja
Sub-Region:
Alcohol:

Tasting note: Good medium ruby. Dee p aromas of raspberry, black cherry, chocolate and licorice, lifted by a pungent mineral component. Extremely suave and creamy, with sappy flavors of black raspberry and minerals. This opened spectacularly with aeration, showing superb old-viney depth and purity of flavor. In comparison to the Grandes Anades, this is less obviously sweet but smoother on the back end, with finer-grained tannins. As much as I love the Grandes Anades, I seem to gravitate to this wine for its more pronounced minerality and site specificity. (95+pts. Steven Tanzer)

Tasted: Sep/Oct 2004
Score: 95+
Drink: N/A

Tasting note: El Pison is a 100% Tempranillo cuvee produced from a single vineyard planted in 1945. The soil is pure limestone, yields are a lowly 18-22 hectoliters per hectare, and the wine is aged for 18-24 months in French oak. The potentially perfect 2001 El Pison has more of everything. While it possesses an extraordinary flavor intensity, it remains light on its feet. (96-100pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: Feb. 2003
Score: 96-100
Drink: N/A