2015 La Poza de Ballesteros
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The slightly cooler growing season benefited the 2015 La Poza de Ballesteros, which comes from a more generous vineyard with deeper soils that tend to produce more generous wines from riper fruit. The more approachable wines from this vintage saw a shorter élevage, and La Poza only spent nine months in barrel. Here, I did have a preference between this 2015 and 2014, always a fruit-driven wine, with lush fruit and roundness. 4,000 bottles produced.
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Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
About the producer
Owner and winemaker Juan Carlos López de Lacalle is among an elite group of global vintners whose expertise creates wines that stand above others in their regions. Artadi produces refined Rioja in unoaked and oaked styles, including superb Reservas and single-vineyard wines such as Viña El Pisón.