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2023 Artadi Artazu Pasos de San Martin Navarra Garnacha
This Garnacha from Navarra strikes that perfect balance – vibrant, pure, and easy to enjoy. Approachable yet quietly compelling, it’s a go-to when you want to bring something a bit more interesting to the table without taking a risk. Equally at home with a simple roast chicken, grilled vegetables, or a spread of tapas. Decanting is optional, but recommended.
Organic farming practices, hand-harvested 30-year old-vines, aged for 12 months in barrel and another year in bottle before release Only 1,230 cases produced.
- Tasting Notes red cherries, grilled plum, ripe strawberry, blood orange, violet and hibiscus, rosemary and thyme
- Variety 100% Garnacha
- Region Spain
- Volume 750ml
- Alcohol Volume 14.5%
- Table Talk 95-point score from James Suckling and 93-point score from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate.
$40.00
In stock
Artadi is considered one of Spain’s most “revolutionary” producers. While they are famous for their high-scoring Rioja wines, their history is full of bold moves and unexpected inspirations.
Artadi made international headlines in 2015 when they voluntarily left the Rioja DOCa (the official regulatory body). The Reason: Owner Juan Carlos López de Lacalle felt the Rioja label had become too focused on industrial quantities and generic aging categories (Crianza, Reserva) rather than specific terroir.
The Statement: He famously said he didn’t want his premium bottles, which sell for hundreds of dollars, carrying the same official seal as wines selling for two euros in a supermarket. Today, Artadi’s top wines are technically labeled as “table wines” because they refuse to use the Rioja name on principle.
The Artazu project in Navarra, which produces your Pasos de San Martín, was actually inspired by a friendship with California winemaking legend Randall Grahm (of Bonny Doon Vineyard). In the mid-90s, when Navarra was ripping out old Garnacha vines to plant “international” grapes like Cabernet, Grahm and López de Lacalle explored the region together. They found “forgotten” ancient vineyards in the village of Artazu and decided to save them, effectively helping trigger the modern revival of high-end Navarra Garnacha.
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