2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney The 2021 Domaine Michel Mallard

The 2021 Domaine Michel Mallard et Fils Corton-Charlemagne is a Grand Cru white wine from Burgundy

lending length and dimension

with mineral and floral tinges midpalate and suave

to deliver a stunning Malbec that goes well beyond the variety

2023 Artadi Valdegines Alava, Spain Château Meyney The 2021 Domaine Michel MallardI 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