2021 Artazu ( Artadi) Santa Cruz de Artazu Blanco sake with an iron-rich mid-palate grip

with an iron-rich mid-palate grip and a long

Bone-dry at 13

but possessed a gifted touch evident to everyone

Until the philloxera crisis

The first time I dipped my beak into this wine I was transported--cool aromas of red and black fruits

2021 Artazu ( Artadi) Santa Cruz de Artazu Blanco sake with an iron-rich mid-palate gripThe 2021 Artazu "Santa Cruz de Artazu" Blanco is certified organic Garnacha Blanca from three parcels in Artazu on poor, well drained silt and calcareous sand soils at 450600 meters a grape that was nearly lost in Navarra, rescued and given serious treatment: free run juice only, fermented 50 50 in stainless steel and 500 liter French oak barrels, aged on the lees for over two and a half years before release. No malolactic conversion, no shortcuts.