2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney this has a beautifully pure

this has a beautifully pure and fresh nose with almonds

lending length and dimension

Theres tons of varietal character

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

2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney this has a beautifully pureI 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