Artadi : Tempranillo Single Vineyard El Carretil 2022

A seamless red, with a satinlike feel on the palate that enmeshes supple tannins and carries a core of dark fruit — ripe blackberry, currant and boysenberry — laced with a fragrant range of underbrush, cigar box, sandalwood, licorice root and vanilla. The flavors expand and amplify through the long, long finish. Drink now through 2042. 500 cases made.

El Carretil is often the more minerally, structured, and powdery red from Artadi. This wine is al dente, reactive, melted, and polished. It is deep with vibrant fruit, and the finish is long and stony with a mineral grip. Tasted twice, once blind against some other single-vineyard bottlings from Artadi, including El Pison. From organically grown grapes. Drink or hold.