Thursday, July 17, 2008

Artadi "Grandes Anadas" Rioja 2000

Purple/red.

Deep, pure, meaty, saucy nose. Definitely shows more oak influence than the Pagos Viejos.

Round with significant fruit sweetness in the mouth. Black raspberry, oak spice, earth and mint. Very deep, suave and long.
Significant, finely-grained tannin lightly coat the front teeth. Beautiful stuff.

Opened yesterday

Day 4 - Great aromatic integration now - savory meat, allspice, cinnamon, brown sugar, black raspberry coulis. Still has great depth in the mouth, with no excess weight, airy. Great tannin quality. Killer.

$100