Artadi "Pagos Viejos" Rioja 2004

Purple.

Egg/custard/earth/clay/toasted nut/grilled meat/coconut aromatics. Deep black raspberry folded underneath.

Round with a slight textural sweetness in the mouth. Ripe, sweet fruit character allied with serious concentration and very fine, packed tannin. Suave, expressive and loaded. No question this needs several years in the bottle to show at its best, but not at all difficult to enjoy now (with real food).

Day 3 - Grilled oak integrated beautifully with black raspberry and earth aromas. Nothing out of place, suave, seamless. There's a mint note here, too. Seamless in the mouth, also, with plentiful fine tannin that does little to restrict flavor flow.
Getting serious citrus action in the very long, chewy finish.

$85, 100% old-vine Tempranillo.