Bodegas y Viñedos Artazu
Santa Cruz de Artazu Garnacha
Navarra, Spain
This is the Artazu Pasos de San Martin Navarra, a varietal Garnacha. A bit sleepy before it gets air, it gradually Benjamin Buttons and develops a terrifically pure nose of kirsch and raspberry ooze, along with crushed rock dust and sandalwood. In the mouth it’s got intense fruit, but is laser-focused and has excellent acids. Zero flab.
Just enough tannin to package it all. Really nice rendition of Grenache.
This is the Artazu Pasos de San Martin Navarra, a varietal Garnacha. A bit sleepy before it gets air, it gradually Benjamin Buttons and develops a terrifically pure nose of kirsch and raspberry ooze, along with crushed rock dust and sandalwood. In the mouth it’s got intense fruit, but is laser-focused and has excellent acids. Zero flab.
Just enough tannin to package it all. Really nice rendition of Grenache.
@Delectable Wine this is the Garnacha Blanca from Artazu
Enticing and fresh nose with ripe pear & reine claude plum, rye toast, salty stones. There’s a fresh purity here but also an interesting edge. Very enticing!
Medium weight on the palate but also very juicy & fresh. Love the purity of fruit (ripe reine claude & mirabelle plums) paired with the slightly creamy mouthfeel and just a hint of tannins. Finish is salty, mineral, edgy.
Much more precise & more structured vs a Languedoc Grenache Blanc. So nice!
This is truly a lovely wine!
@Delectable Wine this is the Garnacha Blanca from Artazu
Enticing and fresh nose with ripe pear & reine claude plum, rye toast, salty stones. There’s a fresh purity here but also an interesting edge. Very enticing!
Medium weight on the palate but also very juicy & fresh. Love the purity of fruit (ripe reine claude & mirabelle plums) paired with the slightly creamy mouthfeel and just a hint of tannins. Finish is salty, mineral, edgy.
Much more precise & more structured vs a Languedoc Grenache Blanc. So nice!
This is truly a lovely wine!
Excellent Navarra Garnacha. Raspberry with roasted meat ("chesenurgers" as my friends know), this is a rich red with bay leaf, cola, and flint secondary aromas. Needs lots of air, in fact, give it a good 24 hours to really open up. Similar on the palate, with expressive but not overpowering tannins, moderate alcohol for a ripe Garnacha, balancing acidity, and very good, dry and flinty length. I like it. I like it a lot.
Excellent Navarra Garnacha. Raspberry with roasted meat ("chesenurgers" as my friends know), this is a rich red with bay leaf, cola, and flint secondary aromas. Needs lots of air, in fact, give it a good 24 hours to really open up. Similar on the palate, with expressive but not overpowering tannins, moderate alcohol for a ripe Garnacha, balancing acidity, and very good, dry and flinty length. I like it. I like it a lot.
Aug 28th, 2016
Santa Cruz de Artazu, Garnacha de viñas viejas de Navarra. Es la tercera añada que he probado, y sin duda la mejor. Glicérico, largo, aromas florales y lavanda, una maravilla
Santa Cruz de Artazu, Garnacha de viñas viejas de Navarra. Es la tercera añada que he probado, y sin duda la mejor. Glicérico, largo, aromas florales y lavanda, una maravilla
Dec 27th, 2015
