Bodegas Artadi - Alicante: El Seque Las Morachuelas 2023

Name: El Seque Las Morachuelas
Brand: Bodegas Artadi - Alicante
SKU: 75590H
Price: 59.9 EUR
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: Monastrell 100%

: rot, trocken; 14,5% Vol.; Trinkreife: 2027–2048

: strukturiert

: Lobenberg: 96–97/100; Parker: 95/100

: Spanien, Alicante und Cigales

: Allergene: Sulfite,

Abfüller / Importeur: Bodegas Artadi Alicante, Casa del Seque s/n, 03650 Pinoso - Alicante, SPANIEN

Lobenberg: Die höchste Lage von El Seque. Geniales Terroir mit Kalkstein, Sand, Quartz und Lehm. Mittem im Wald in einer Art Flussbett und eingeklemmt in eine Art Bergschlucht. Eine spektakuläre und schöne Lage. Dunkles Rubinrot. Süße Kirsche und hochreife Waldhimbeere in der Nase. Dazu Kalkstein. Butterweiches superelegantes Tannin im Mund, Samt und Seide. Dazu diese kirschige, weiche Mourvedre, alles unterlegt von einer feinen Salz-Kreide-Spur. Ein salziges Schwänzchem mit süßer Hinbeere und etwas Bitterorange. Ziemlich perfekt in der harmonischen Balance und Pikanz. Superb.

2023 war sehr warm, aber er ist deutlich kühler und balancierter als der noch heißere und trockenere 2022. Nicht so aufregend und extrem wie 2021, eher eine reife und harmonische Version von 2020. Und so ist 2023 durchaus eine Fortsetzung der so großen Jahrgänge seit 2019. Luis Gutierez, Parkers Mann für Spanien, fasst den Jahrgang 2023 anhand von Alvaro Palacios Weingütern ganz im Westen und ganz im Osten, somit Landesübergreifend so zusammen: 2023 was an even more generous crop than 2022 … the wines have better balance, and it doesn't feel like a warm year at all. In fact, the wines feel more like they come from a cool year. It's a vintage that has a tendency toward reduction, not as much as 2020, but still reductive. But it's an elegant, stony reduction...The quality of the 2023s is stunning. There is a level of precision, cleanliness, symmetry and elegance that, if the end of the élevage and the bottling goes as expected, I must conclude that 2023 might be the finest vintage ... There might be other individual wines that reach higher peaks, but as an overall portfolio, the vintage 2023 represents the strongest collection ever produced.

Parker über: El Seque Las Morachuelas

-- Parker: The lieu-dit 2023 Morachuelas was produced with Monastrell from the 13 hectares in the village of Abanilla in a gorge surrounded by forest where the soils contain gray marl, limestone and alluvial sand and colluvial materials on top. It fermented in stainless steel and matured in a new Austrian oak foudre for one year. Even if there's impact from the oak being new this first year, there's finesse here, and it's delicate, more than the Hondonico, the tannins. It's powerful but also subtle, with a fine thread and elegant tannins with subtle chalkiness. They get a lot less sun, being between mountains here. 3,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in December 2024.

Weingut über: El Seque Las Morachuelas

-- Weingut: Alicante is a land of historic wines and rich viticultural heritage. In 1999, Juan Carlos López de Lacalle and Agapito Rico acquired the estate in the El Sequé vineyard site with the aim of restoring the value of Pinoso’s historic vineyards. The great diversity of soils soon led us to explore other distinctive sites such as El Hondónico, El Cofer, and Las Morachuelas. These vineyards are located in the Baetic Mountain Range, a mountainous region that stretches for over 600 km across southeastern Spain, from the Strait of Gibraltar to Cape Nao. This range was formed around 20 million years ago during the Neogene period, as a result of the collision between the Meso-Mediterranean plate and the Iberian Peninsula—creating the rich and varied soils we find today. At 500 meters above sea level, we benefit from a continental climate clearly marked by Mediterranean influence. Here we grow Monastrell, a variety that has been deeply rooted in this region for centuries. Our philosophy is based on staying true to tradition, caring for our natural surroundings through organic and regenerative viticulture, and relying on the strength of our family and team. These values together guide us in crafting wines that move and inspire us. The 2023 vintage is characterized, from a climatological perspective, as a dry year (276 l/m²), with levels below the annual average rainfall. The winter was dry and cold, with temperatures dropping to -4°C. The spring was wet, and the summer saw heat waves with temperature peaks exceeding 40°C in August.Wine sourced from vineyards located in the Las Morachuelas site, in the village of Abanilla. The vineyards lie along a ravine with remarkable soil diversity. The lower areas are mainly composed of calcareous gravel. The central zones consist of deep sandy colluvial soils interwoven with white, grey, and green marls. In some parts, deep sandy soils appear with calcareous profiles resembling white albariza soils. Fermented in open tanks with a short maceration to enhance the wine’s freshness and delicacy. Aged for one year in a 2,500-liter foudre.

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