2024 Artuke Classic Rioja 750ml

The eponymous 2024 Artuke is a juicy and tasty carbonic maceration red…It is perfumed, aromatic and heady, with aromas of bubble gum and flowers and a velvety palate with almost unnoticeable tannins. It's a young and unoaked tempranillo with some 5% white viura grapes from the village of Baños de Ebro and was kept in concrete until it was bottled. It was bottled in December 2024. This is a bargain to buy by the truckload and drink unashamedly. 92 Pts Luis Gutiérrez Wine Advocate

This wine is a joy, because it’s generously flavoured and clean, satisfyingly fruity, but not bubblegummy and lollyish. I am mightily impressed as a hedonistically, viscerally and intellectually satisfying wine for this silly price! Tempranillo with a tiny percentage of viura from the field.