2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney black currants and a hint

black currants and a hint of oak in a fleshy

lending length and dimension

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

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

Long and tense finish

2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney black currants and a hintI 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