Artadi La Poza de Ballesteros 2023 En Primeur

I found some spicy oak in the unbottled sample of the 2023 La Poza de Ballesteros. They harvested earlier in search of removing the ripeness and gaining in tension; but the aromatics of the 2023s are of ripe fruit, and this is no exception—it's faintly balsamic too. But the palate is finer-boned and has more elegance and freshness and comes through as finer-boned. It has a little lower alcohol, 14.4%. There will be around 4,000 bottles, which they expect to bottle after the 2025 winter, in May or June. (Luis Guitérrez)