Laundry Night

2004 Artazuri, Artazu, Navarra
$6.99
Shane’s Notes

We like to spice up laundry night by taking a bottle of wine with us to the Laundromat. Since our Laundromat doesn’t have a liquor license, we have to clandestinely quaff it in the car. We usually bring a bottle of wine that has been sitting in our collection for awhile and is inexpensive. I saw this Artazuri the other night and couldn’t remember when I had bought it or for how much. It looked like a good Laundromat wine, so it was our choice for the evening. The palate was simple but showed a good concentration of blueberry with some wood on the finish. We figured it was a Grenache/Tempranillo blend that retailed for $10 - $15. We were very surprised to discover that it was 100% Grenache. It was aged and fermented in steel and never saw oak, so this may be what confused us. Anyway, it is an excellent QPR wine. It is one of the better 100% Grenaches we’ve tasted.