Artuke, El Escolladero Size:6x750ml wet stone and citrus on

wet stone and citrus on the nose

unwinding in the glass with a youthfully reticent bouquet of dried flowers and delicate hints of red berries and gingerbread

This is excellent and well worth exploring

(this special bottling

black raspberry and warm earth

Artuke, El Escolladero Size:6x750ml wet stone and citrus onEl Escolladero is a vineyard planted in 1950 in the village of balos at 660 meters in altitude. As with most reds, I tasted two vintages of it, 2021 and 2022. 2022 was a very warm and dry year, and the 2022 El Escolladero is slightly higher in alcohol than the 2021 at 14. 1%, but the sensation is of higher ripeness. It's a little more rustic, with darker fruit and some hints of licorice and crushed stones. The palate is full bodied, with abundant