Bodegas y Vinedos Luna Beberide Art, Bierzo, Spain

盧納貝貝里德酒莊藝術(shù)紅葡萄酒

點擊次數(shù)：1933

The 2021 Art from Luna Beberide was produced with grapes from a single vineyard, La Recuperada, that is in the process of being certified organic. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in 500-liter oak barrels for 12 months. It's floral, perfumed and elegant, with the freshness of the 700 to 900 meters above sea level where the vineyards grow. It reveals fine-grained tannins and medium ripeness at 13.5% alcohol. 6,500 bottles were filled in May 2023.

The 2020 Art from Luna Beberide has the name "La recuperada" on the label, which is the name of the vineyard (the recovered one), the one with the highest altitude in the Finca de Valdetruchas, more or less at about 750 meters in elevation, on calcareous clay. The wine matured in 5,000-liter oak vats and 500-liter oak barrels for 12 months. It's young and brooding, with black berries and wild herbs, a touch of spice and abundant, fine-grained tannins, more elegant than those from the Finca. It's medium ripe with 13.5% alcohol and very good freshness, something I have seen improving in the Luna Beberide wines in the last few years. 12,500 bottles were filled in November 2021.

A little more classical and varietal than the super floral Finca Luna Beberide but also showing how good 2018 has been at this address, the 2018 Art combines the textbook notes of licorice, wild berries, plants and flowers with a deft touch of spices and smoke. This comes form very old vines and matured in barrique for 14 months, yet the oak does not play a role in the aromatics or flavors—it feels completely integrated and neatly folded into the fruit. 12,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2020.

I found heady notes of violet pastille in the nose of the 2017 Art, which felt very young and undeveloped but seemed to have more fleshy fruit than the 2016 I tasted next to this, and the oak felt better integrated and less obvious here. It has a plump palate with glossy tannins and juicy fruit with acid berry freshness and tasty flavors. 13,000 bottles produced.

I tasted the 2016 and 2017 vintages of the cuvée they call Art. The 2016 Art was lighter and subtler, and the ripeness felt more contained, giving notes of red fruit rather than black and some citrus freshness (think orange peel) with some spicy and creamy notes that give it a more commercial profile. The oak was also more evident, and I felt the wine was more marked by the élevage. This was bottled after 11 months in French oak barriques. 15,000 bottles produced.