Artadi's 'Beautiful' White from Rioja, 94 points!

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Subject: Artadi's 'Beautiful' White from Rioja, 94 points!

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The Artadi Viñas de Gaín (Rioja) Blanco 2020 is one of the greatest white wines from Roja we’ve tasted in the past year, which is saying a TON. Even among the red ‘tall trees’ at a recent tasting of the range from this esteemed house, the one wine that stood out and rocked our world was this crazy-good white. Produced from 100% old Viura vines in their beloved Laguardia, this wine has the texture of a fine Burgundy but with an energy that is all Spanish. This is crazy cool stuff, with a texture that one would think was derived from oak but in fact there was no new oak and the wine aged in steel for two years on its fine lees. Incredible.

From Wine Advocate’s Luis Gutierrez, “94 Points! The only white produced here is the 2020 Viñas de Gaín Blanco, which is balsamic and aromatic, floral and herbaceous, from a fresher and more elegant vintage. It fermented with some skins to give it complexity and volume, but he has reduced the time the wine is in contact with the skins, and this year, the wine finished part of the fermentation in used 600-liter demi-muids and was kept in stainless steel with lees for two years. They have stopped racking the white, and they feel it keeps a livelier character. It has the profile of the traditional Rioja whites with a modern twist, cleaner, more focused and precise. It has a moderate 13% alcohol, a pH of 3.31 and 6.05 grams of sugar, fresh and vibrant. It's beautiful, possibly the best year for the white and a year they think was better for the white than for the reds. Bravo!"