Artuke, 2023 Pies Negros, Rioja ($37 per bottle, 6-pack)

Artuke, 2023 Pies Negros, Rioja ($37 per bottle, 6-pack)$223. 20 6 bottle case Pies Negros is a blend of Tempranillo and 10% Graciano from (mostly) balos and Samaniego. Reflecting the cooler 2018 vintage, it's dense, focused and comparatively restrained, with subtle 15% new wood, racy dark berry fruit and the balance and precision that are typical of the Artuke style. Nuanced and long on the palate. 2023 28 (Tim Atkin MW, 2018 vintage) About the producer Artuke is a small winery located in Baos de Ebro, a

but that is precisely what Bodegas Ximénez-Spínola have done since 1729

with subtle 15% new wood

from a more north-facing plot planted in 1970

He fancies himself a wine grower and farms organically with an eye to biodynamics and minimal intervention

Calistoga and Yountville vineyards

a local and popularly planted variety in Spain

President of the Consejo Redulador of the DO of Sherry

65% Pinot Meunier

with intense aromas of black raspberries and licorice

with a distinctive bitter finish

Aged in old wood

was a pioneer in the emerging automobile industry at the turn of the 20th century