Artuke Finca de los Locos 2018
Descripción
Elaborado a partir de una parcela situada en una terraza superior del río Ebro, con suelo de origen arenoso y gravas y subsuelo muy calizo, donde no era usual la plantación de viñedo (de allí su nombre, pues el abuelo de Kike y Arturo fue tachado de loco cuando compró el terreno en los años 50). Se elabora de forma tradicional, sin raspón, bajo un clima moderadamente atlántico.
Ficha técnica
Cata
Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
The 2018 Finca de Los Locos comes from a single vineyard in the village of Baños de Ebro, a terrace planted in 1981 at 120 meters above the river with sandy and gravel soils with a high content of limestone. The varietal breakdown came to 78% Tempranillo, 20% Graciano and 2% Viura that fermented destemmed but uncrushed with indigenous yeasts and matured for one year in 500- and 600-liter oak barrels and a 3,500-liter oak foudre. As with the other wines, it improved tremendously with one hour in the glass. This is a little riper and more immediate than others of the single vineyards, and I would group this with El Escolladero rather than the others. These two have a common profile (all four wines are fermented in the same way), more powerful and a little more fruit-driven because of the soils (gravel here) and more exposition to the sun and the higher percentage of clay at El Escolladero. The long and complete cycle made the grapes ripen thoroughly, and the wine feels quite round, with polished tannins and ripe flavors and with structure over the chalky backbone. 10,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2020.
Finca de Los Locos is a co-fermented field blend of Tempranillo with 20% Graciano and 2% Viura from the Las Escaleras sub-zone of Baños de Ebro. Rich in limestone and comparatively cool for the village, the vineyard has produced a 2018 that is pithy, chiselled and "electric" in Arturo de Miguel's words, with fine-boned tannins, damson and blackberry fruit and a long, refined finish. 2023-32
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3.8
Por el precio (eso sí, después de probar otro vino de otra bodega y otra uva), ha sido sensacional.
Un buen rioja, sedoso amable y con buen final
Gran vino de pueblo, distinto a lo habitual. Originalidad total.