Artadi Orobio Blanco 2005

Deep purple, with dark fruit and rose petal on the nose — vivid, a little wild, and immediately engaging. Black and red berry flavors carry a pleasingly bitter edge on the mid-palate, grounded by firm, chalky minerality that keeps things honest. It's a lean, driven wine — nothing superfluous, just focused fruit and good acidity pulling through to a clean, lifted finish. Raw and unadorned, in the best sense.