intellectual nose with a sort of burnished gold impression

Note that my rating assumes that the bourgeon de cassis-suffused nose is not permanent

This too is brooding and rather inexpressive just now with somber but ripe berry fruit aromas

There is excellent freshness to the distinctly earthy and sauvage red and dark berry fruit aromas that display floral top notes and a hint of spice

the 2018 Barolo Arione still has another year in botte and time in bottle before its commercial release

Artuke, El Escolladero Vintage:2022 intellectual nose with a sortEl 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