
- Colour Red
- Producer Bodegas AAlto
- Region Ribera del Duero
- Drinking 2027 - 2047
- Case size 1x150cl
- Available Now
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- Colour Red
- Producer Bodegas AAlto
- Region Ribera del Duero
- Drinking 2027 - 2047
- Case size 1x150cl
- Available Now
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Producer
Bodegas AAlto
Established by Mariano Garcia, former head winemaker at Vega Sicilia for thirty years, and Javier Zaccagnini, ex-head of the Ribera del Duero Consejo Regulador, Aalto is one of Spain’s great success stories. It sits comfortably in the pantheon of Ribera del Duero stars and has the global demand to boot. What sets it apart from the rest is the team’s ability to select highest quality Tempranillo, which comes from seven diffe...Read more
Established by Mariano Garcia, former head winemaker at Vega Sicilia for thirty years, and Javier Zaccagnini, ex-head of the Ribera del Duero Consejo Regulador, Aalto is one of Spain’s great success stories. It sits comfortably in the pantheon of Ribera del Duero stars and has the global demand to boot. What sets it apart from the rest is the team’s ability to select highest quality Tempranillo, which comes from seven different villages spread across the region, and from vines averaging 40-80 years of age. Over two decades, the team has focused entirely on producing the highest quality Tempranillo possible and leveraged their little black book of contacts to secure the very best fruit in the region. This ensures the wine has exquisite fruit flavour and huge complexity given the diversity of soils the grapes are taken from. It is a wines of beauty and personality and offers exceptional value for its pedigree.Read less

Region
Ribera del Duero
The Duero valley cuts a swathe across central northern Spain all the way to Portugal where it is called the Douro and is famous as the home of port. On the Spanish side, a relatively new but significant and exciting area for wine production has grown up around the city of Valladolid and was granted DO status in 1982. Ribera del Duero's potential was spotted long before in the middle of the 19th century at Bodegas Vega Sicilia, Spain's undisputed equivalent of a first growth Claret. High above sea-level, Ribera del Duero is an area of extreme temperatures with the potential to produce deep-coloured, intensely flavoured red wines from tempranillo grapes (known locally as tinto fino). The picture is not straightforward as some producers have started favouring an overly-extracted style which appeals to certain elements of the media. Additionally, often producers do not own their own vineyards, so the grape growers have a stranglehold on what to charge for their grapes and wine prices have risen dramatically as a result. However, many producers are making outstanding wines, which are still great value for money.