Collection: Artuke
Spain - Rioja
Artuke is a family winery owned by the Miguel Blanco family and located in the town of Baños de Ebro. It has 17 hectares of vineyards in Rioja Alavesa, from which they produce wines with a distinct personality. Inheriting the tradition of their ancestors, Roberto decided to build the current winery in 1985, equipping it with the necessary technology and facilities to continue making their wines and meet their growing demand.
Today Artuke is an influential leader in the movement of young Rioja winegrowers, Arturo Miguel, Roberto’s son, focuses on producing single-parcel wines and converted to organic farming as soon as he took control in the 2000s.
Calcareous sandstone is the principal formation in the area with varying degrees of sand, clay and alluvium—similar in soil structure to southern Piedmont’s most celebrated wine regions, Barolo and Barbaresco.
Cellar techniques are straightforward with the use of principally older French oak barrels (with some American) of different sizes that highlight the differences of the five specific terroir wines.The exception in the range in general style is the ARTUKE entry-level wine, which is made with carbonic maceration (typical for the region) and aged in concrete.
