Artuke, El Escolladero other_regions_italy baked apple and acacia blossom

baked apple and acacia blossom aromas

Wonderfully spicy nose cut with traces of earth and new oak and flavors that display more size

plush and very ripe but not overly sweet

2010 and 2011 are very different in character

Artuke, El Escolladero other_regions_italy baked apple and acacia blossomEl 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