The balanced production of this old vineyards, together with a limited yield and careful ageing, result in the authentic spirit of this wine. This is wine of intense colour, complex in the nose, fully structured with a long after taste.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 94 points(01/02/2008)
The 2006 Pagos Viejos is sourced from Tempranillo vines over 75 years of age and aged for 18 months in new French oak. The wine is inky purple with a sublime nose of pain grille, graphite, black cherry, wild blue fruits, and blackberry. This leads to a dense, plush, remarkably elegant wine which is already exhibiting some complexity. While rich enough to be enjoyed now, it will improve for 5-7 years and be at its best from 2015 to 2030.
In the heart of the Rioja Alavesa, Artadi possesses 60 has. of vineyards seated in soils of diverse and wide geological diversity. Calcareous soils, gravels and clays compose the balance of poor soils and a climatology alteration of Continental and Atlantic. These vineyards form the... singularity and personality of the vineyards: the freshness of the fruit and the delicacy of the tannins. In the cellar they preserve the opulence of the old vineyards and the freshness and transparency of the new plantations.
