Artuke Rioja Alavesa 2025

Artuke Rioja Alavesa 2025$20. 99 6+ bottles (code: 6saves2) 92 points Wine Advocate Drink Date: 2026 2029 The textbook carbonic maceration red 2025 Artuke was produced with 95% Tempranillo and 5% Viura grapes and has a moderate 13. 5% alcohol and a pH of 3. 5. It has bright aromas of strawberry and flowers, perfumed, aromatic, intoxicating but also light and fresh, open, clean and expressive. It's quite harmonious for its young age. It has a silky palate with velvety,

from a warm year with low yields because of the frost

Chateau Mongravey 2022

crafted in the heart of the Saumur region

Drinking window: 2026 - 2040

with good ripeness and a balanced 13% alcohol

This one needs more time to see how far it can go

although it will be better with a few years in bottle

Fermenter type: White Burgundy Barrel

until a short spell of wet and cold weather just on flowering meant that some decrease in yield was certainly to be expected

Vinification: stainless steel tanks

The semi-sweet type is mainly produced for export

and fresh herbs