2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney with mineral and floral tinges

with mineral and floral tinges midpalate and suave

One of a series of single-varietal wines from this producer

The 2021 Domaine Michel Mallard et Fils Corton-Charlemagne is a Grand Cru white wine from Burgundy

this has a beautifully pure and fresh nose with almonds

2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney with mineral and floral tingesI tasted an unbottled sample of the 2023 Valdegins from vines planted between 1982 and 1989, part on a slope on soft sandstone and part in a terrace with deeper and cooler soils. Malolactic and aging were in 600 liter barrels, and the wine spent the second winter in oak foudres. This is a textbook example of the 2023s here, with a riper nose but a finer boned palate and lower alcohol than in 2022 and with the elegance and minerality of Laguardia. 97