The 2017 Santa Cruz de Artazu is a lighter style
from vines planted in 1961
There is outstanding intensity and almost as much pungent minerality as the Latricières that definitely adds a sense of lift to the muscular
The wine is soft and rich in terms of texture with tight tannins
BOND St Eden 2012 Cotes Du Rhone The 2017 Santa Cruz de98 Points The Wine Advocate, Robert M Parker Junior From an 11 acre vineyard just north of the Oakville corridor, the 2012 St. Eden shows gorgeous, cedary Christmas fruitcake notes, black cherry and blackcurrant fruit, spice box, earth, and almost first growth Pauillac like cassis and lead pencil shavings. Deep, full bodied, and fabulously concentrated, this stunner flirts with perfection. Slightly more evolved than the Quella or Melbury, this wine