Artuke 2024 Finca de los Locos 750ml

Appellation: Rioja DOCa, Rioja Alavesa (Paraje Peñaescalera)

Grape Varieties: 75% Tempranillo, 20% Graciano, 5% Viura

The 2024 Finca de Los Locos (75% Tempranillo, 20% Graciano, 5% Viura) comes from gravel soils with 20% active limestone. Over blue-toned fruit—blackberry and raspberry—with a subtle balsamic nuance, incense and violet rise. Broad yet refined, the palate combines delicate chalk tension with enveloping flow. Intensity is present, but more importantly, finesse. Graciano gives it seriousness—the most serious of Rioja's red varieties—and that quiet authority shapes the wine's structure. A whisper of oak lingers on the finish today, though it integrates seamlessly.

Score: 95 points -- Joaquín Hidalgo, Vinous, 2026

Food Pairing: Roast duck breast with cherries, or squab with wild mushrooms.