Artadi El Carretil 2016
Great vintage of Artadi's 'top' parcel wine
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Artadi El Carretil 2016 is an impeccable single-varietal Tempranillo born in the heart of Laguardia and the ultimate expression of the parcel wines from the prestigious Artadi. A red wine acclaimed by critics that, vintage after vintage, comes close to perfection.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
New French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
12 months
Capacity (cl)
75
General Information
The expression of an absolutely unique terroir. Artadi El Carretil 2016 comes from a vineyard of just over five hectares, located in the Rioja Alavesa, planted with a southeast orientation on clay-limestone soils and sandstone rock, which give it a pronounced mineral character. Notes that, after 12 months of aging in new French oak barrels, make it an exceptionally expressive, open, elegant, and balanced red wine.
In the mid-1980s, Artadi began its journey in Rioja as a cooperative. Under the leadership of winemaker and winery owner Juan Carlos López de Lacalle, it became one of the firms that most decisively contributed to the renewal of the Rioja wine scene, introducing a new concept: single-vineyard wines, born from a unique and singular plot. With this philosophy, the first vintage of Artadi El Carretil was released in 2010, a collection to which the exceptional red wine proposed by the Club belongs. Artadi El Carretil 2016 is the perfect choice for pairing with pork stews, grilled red meats, and acorn-fed Iberian ham.
Creators' opinion
Complex and enveloping aromas combining smoked meat, ripe black fruits, nuts, spices, and black tea. Vibrant, precise, and elegant, on the palate it shows great depth, with intense dark fruit and a finish marked by dark chocolate. Electric, polished, and elegant tannins.
The winery
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Winemaker
Peter Sisseck, "Pingus" to his friends, arrived in Ribera del Duero in 1990 to work at Hacienda Monasterio. As soon as he realized the immense potential of the tinto fino grape, he decided to embark on a new solo project, not knowing it would lead to unprecedented success. He acquired five hectares of vineyards over 60 years old between Pesquera and Roa, a handful of top-quality French barrels, and, under the name of his youthful nickname, changed the history of Spanish wine forever.
The true legend of Pingus began when most of the bottles from his debut vintage (1995, 98 Parker points) destined for the North American market sank with the ship transporting them. From that moment, the exclusivity of this wine skyrocketed to unimaginable limits, and, surpassing the price of Álvaro Palacios' L'Ermita, it became the most expensive wine in Spain. The 100 points awarded by Robert Parker to the 2004 vintage and the release of two more accessible references—Psi and the superb Flor de Pingus—definitively established Dominio de Pingus as the small yet great treasure of Ribera del Duero.