This bold Tempranillo is grown in Artesa's Oak Mountain vineyard in Alexander Valley. Gently hand harvested, the grapes were picked and fermented in three separate lots. A mixture of French and American oak was used during the 20 months of aging to produce a wine with plenty of blueberry and blackberry fruit as well as exuberant white pepper for a latin flair. The fruit and spice is backed with vanilla, leather and smoke. A concentration on the extracted fruit and a slight tension within youthful tannins will allow this wine to improve for years.