Artadi El Carretil 2019
(Alava, Spain) - [JS 99, #46, Top 100 '22] [WA 96+]
Regular price $249.99 Sale price $199.99 Save $50.00
About Artadi:
1985, Laguardia. A group of vine-growers, village men and women with rooted traditions and their focus on their vineyards and wines, started ARTADI.
In 1992 the Lacalle and Laorden family take control of the project. The obsession for vine growing and the cult to the vineyard led them to discover characteristics that define the personality of unique wines: wines which are a reflection of their origin.
About this Wine:
A wine with deep sensations: one can feel the vibrant fruit along with fibrous and sculpted tannins. A fusion between ripe flavor profiles and the precision of mineral characters, the projection of fine tannins and the encompassing texture of a delicate wine.
Single Vineyard, 100% Tempranillo
Ratings & Reviews
99 Points, #46 Top 100 2022 -James Suckling:
"A complete, fresh and complex Artadi single-plot wine with lovely subtlety. Spanish cigars, mineral, cocoa powder, some fine herbs, mussels and spices, with a background of fresh yet ripe, concentrated fruit showing crushed blackberries and blueberries. Tight, powerful but still dynamic and silky, with a mineral tinge to the supple fruit core in the middle. Not trying too hard. Impeccable balance with finesse! Tempranillo. From organically grown grapes. Already drinkable now, but better hold for a few years. Best from 2025."
"A complete, fresh and complex Artadi single-plot wine with lovely subtlety. Spanish cigars, mineral, cocoa powder, some fine herbs, mussels and spices, with a background of fresh yet ripe, concentrated fruit showing crushed blackberries and blueberries. Tight, powerful but still dynamic and silky, with a mineral tinge to the supple fruit core in the middle. Not trying too hard. Impeccable balance with finesse! Tempranillo. From organically grown grapes. Already drinkable now, but better hold for a few years. Best from 2025."
96+ Points - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate:
"The 2019 El Carretil was produced with Tempranillo from a plot of 3.64 hectares planted in the village of Laguardia at three different times—1930, 1975 and 1988—on limestone, sandstone and silt soils with up to 18% active limestone. It fermented in open-top oak vats and went through malolactic fermentation in barrel, where it was kept for nine months. It's mineral, it has energy and tension, it's not heavy, and it has freshness and acidity. It's serious and has very fine, abundant tannins and great balance that should make it age nicely in bottle. 5,000 bottles were filled in June 2021." LG (Kuly 2022)