Artadi Viñas de Gain 2022

The entry-level red 2022 Viñas de Gaín Tinto comes from a dry and very warm year when they started picking on September 15. As in previous years, it contains a small percentage of white grapes, 2% to 4% Viura. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in 225-, 500- and 600-liter barrels for one winter (about 10 months) and a further year in stainless steel and oak foudre. Tasted next to the 2023, this looks paler and more delicate. It is medium-bodied, fine-grained and tasty. 45,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2023. Starting this year, the plots that used to be bottled separately as a collector's range now go to Viñas de Gaín, which wants to be the new Pagos Viejos.

Viñas de Gain is a Tempranillo that uses Tempranillo grapes from 20 parcels with an average age of 50 years. Engagingly pure and aromatic, it's a wine that shows no sign of the heat of the vintage, with fine, scented French and Austrian oak, pomegranate and wild strawberry fruit, racy acidity and caressing tannins. 2026-32