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Artadi San Lazaro 2020 750ml

size
750ml
country
Spain
region
La Rioja
appellation
Rioja
JS
97
WA
95
Additional vintages
2020 2019
JS
97
Rated 97 by James Suckling
Such depth and natural concentration with a bit more tar and wet stones. Floral, too, with some lavender and violets to the deep, fresh blueberries. Melted, fibrous tannins tightly envelope the palate, rendering a mealy and silky mouthfeel before a persistent finish. Really long and elegant. Lasting a minute. Drink or hold. ... More details
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Artadi San Lazaro 2020 750ml

SKU 919058
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JS
97
WA
95
JS
97
Rated 97 by James Suckling
Such depth and natural concentration with a bit more tar and wet stones. Floral, too, with some lavender and violets to the deep, fresh blueberries. Melted, fibrous tannins tightly envelope the palate, rendering a mealy and silky mouthfeel before a persistent finish. Really long and elegant. Lasting a minute. Drink or hold.
WA
95
Rated 95 by Wine Advocate
I was looking forward to the bottled version of the 2020 San Lázaro, my favorite of the "new" single-vineyard bottlings from a plot that previously contributed to the Pagos Viejos. The sample I tasted last time showed big bones and a slim structure, an ethereal wine that was long and floral, spicy and fresh. In 2020, they used a little bit of white grapes, and there's even more in 2021, when they decided to systematically use 2% to 4% of white grapes in the vineyards where the grapes are interplanted with the Tempranillo. This wine has finesse and is slender and delicate, with something ethereal about it, quite open and a little more advanced, with some unexpected toasty notes
Winery
Vines planted in 1956 in clay-limestone soil with a clay-sand texture. Deep. This poor soil is made up of a superposition of strata formed in the Quaternary era composed of fine sands over a limestone soil dating back to the Tertiary era. We thus have the benefit of a very well-oxygenated terrain with great biological diversity and excellent potential for vine-growing. Its location, sheltered from the south-east winds, provides this plot with natural protection that in turn creates a unique micro-climate. Expressive aromatics, fresh and very clean. Slender with verticality on the palate, giving the wine its finesse and style. Powerful, polished, well-integrated tannins.
Product Details
size
750ml
country
Spain
region
La Rioja
appellation
Rioja
Additional vintages
2020 2019
Overview
Such depth and natural concentration with a bit more tar and wet stones. Floral, too, with some lavender and violets to the deep, fresh blueberries. Melted, fibrous tannins tightly envelope the palate, rendering a mealy and silky mouthfeel before a persistent finish. Really long and elegant. Lasting a minute. Drink or hold.
green grapes

Varietal: Tempranillo

For millennia, the Tempranillo grape varietal has been esteemed and revered by winemakers in their native Spain. These grapes are packed full of intense and fascinating flavors, often rewarding wine drinkers with notes of tobacco, leather, plum and herbs alongside their spicy and full bodied character. Their thick, black skins result in their wines being very deep red in color, and often high in tannins. As such, Tempranillo grapes are usually blended with other fine varietals to produce exceptionally balanced and delicious blended wines, such as those found in La Riot and other important wine regions around the world. Despite them being a notoriously tricky varietal to grow, their popularity continues to increase, and winemakers continue to impress the world with this excellent example of a red wine grape.
barrel

Region: La Rioja

Spanish wines have always been packed full of character and tradition, making Spain a fascinating country for any fan of Old World wines. By far the most beloved and well known wine region in Spain is La Rioja, a lush and fertile region in the north of the country, famed for its superb single variety and blended red wines, usually made from Tempranillo and Garnacha varietal grapes. These two key grape varietals have been cultivated in this part of Spain for centuries, and are capable of expressing not only the rich, delicious fruit flavors they carry, but also the finer features of their terroir. La Rioja's terroirs are fine ones indeed, with a range of mineral rich soils, and climatic conditions which are ideal for viticulture, resulting in wines of real character and distinction.
fields

Country: Spain

Spanish wines are renowned world-wide for carrying all the passion and character of the Spanish culture within them. Any lover of Spanish wine would undoubtedly be able to confirm this notion, as the variety and range of flavors and aromas coming from the high end of Spanish produce is truly impressive, and continues to delight and fascinate both newcomers and the more experienced. Spain benefits massively from an ideal climate for wine production and vine cultivation, with its long, scorching hot summers and far reaching oceanic breezes working perfectly with the native and imported grape varietals, which thrive on the mineral rich soils that cover much of the country. With centuries of knowledge, and generations of expertise under their belts, Spanish wineries continue to focus on raising the quality of their nation's wines, helped along the way by relatively new laws and regulations regarding regional excellence and representativeness.
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green grapes

Varietal: Tempranillo

For millennia, the Tempranillo grape varietal has been esteemed and revered by winemakers in their native Spain. These grapes are packed full of intense and fascinating flavors, often rewarding wine drinkers with notes of tobacco, leather, plum and herbs alongside their spicy and full bodied character. Their thick, black skins result in their wines being very deep red in color, and often high in tannins. As such, Tempranillo grapes are usually blended with other fine varietals to produce exceptionally balanced and delicious blended wines, such as those found in La Riot and other important wine regions around the world. Despite them being a notoriously tricky varietal to grow, their popularity continues to increase, and winemakers continue to impress the world with this excellent example of a red wine grape.
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Spanish wines are renowned world-wide for carrying all the passion and character of the Spanish culture within them. Any lover of Spanish wine would undoubtedly be able to confirm this notion, as the variety and range of flavors and aromas coming from the high end of Spanish produce is truly impressive, and continues to delight and fascinate both newcomers and the more experienced. Spain benefits massively from an ideal climate for wine production and vine cultivation, with its long, scorching hot summers and far reaching oceanic breezes working perfectly with the native and imported grape varietals, which thrive on the mineral rich soils that cover much of the country. With centuries of knowledge, and generations of expertise under their belts, Spanish wineries continue to focus on raising the quality of their nation's wines, helped along the way by relatively new laws and regulations regarding regional excellence and representativeness.