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Artadi Vinas de Gain Rioja Spain Tempranillo 2006
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94/100
Deep wine with a bright ruby hue. Repeated exposure to Rioja Reserva during my formative wine years nurtured a view that Rioja is a big and rather jammy, oxidative red wine often smothered in American oak. This wine surely breaks that stereotype. It is a supremely elegant and powerful red with layers of dark fruits and exotic spices. It’s a wine with poise and energy and I love it. While wonderfully accessible now it promises to release even more interesting flavours with additional bottle age.
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Tasted: Sep 2009 Average price: NZD $50 (~USD $42)
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