Artadi Vina el Pison 2018 (6x75cl)
Just over 900 cases of 2018 El Pisón were produced, meaning that this will be impossible to find on the secondary market should it get a flat 100WA - so fans of this most special Spanish red should secure without delay.
The flagship single-vineyard 2018 Viña El Pisón has to be one of the finest vintages for this bottling. It's named after a plot of 2.4 hectares planted in 1945 in the village of Laguardia. The vineyard is an amphitheater with changing soils of limestone, clay and sandstone with a deep combination of limestone and silt. The grapes underwent a 24- to 48-hour cold soak and fermented with indigenous yeasts in oak vats for 10-12 days, during which time the grapes were foot trodden twice per day. It matured in French oak barrels for nine months. There's something mysterious about this Pisón; it's subtle and elegant, a little austere and reticent at first. The palate is seamless, silky with very refined tannins, with gobsmacking balance and a very long, clean and precise finish. This is superb. 6,600 bottles were filled in June 2020.
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2034
Reviewer Name: Luis Gutiérrez
Review Date: 21st January 2021