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Altos R Pigeage Blanco Rioja 2021
Rioja DOCa
View awards
- 93pts, Cata Andreas Larsson, 2022
- Great Gold, International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2022
- 96pts, International Wine & Spirit Competition, 2022
- Gold, Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, 2023
- 93pts, Catavinum World Wine & Spirits Competition, 2023
- Gold, Concours des Vins Lyon, 2023
- 92pts, blindtasted.com (Andreas Larsson), 2023
- 90pts, Guia Peñin, 2023
- 92pts, James Suckling, 2023
With three Golds and 96 points, this is a stellar white Rioja. It’s the flagship of Altos, a cellar founded in 2006 by Jean-Marc Sauboua, already with 260 Golds. Old-vine Viura and Chardonnay, fermented in barrel, it's intense, citrusy and toasty.
With three Golds and 96 points, this is a stellar white Rioja. It’s the flagship of Altos, a cellar founded in 2006 by Jean-Marc Sauboua, already with 260 Golds. Old-vine Viura and Chardonnay, fermented in barrel, it's intense, citrusy and toasty.
Beyond the Label
Tasting notes
Creamy oak and gentle spice with peach, underscored by minerality
Aroma
Creamy lanolin, apricot, spice and intense citrus and minerality
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
More information
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White - Dry
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Light gold
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13.5% ABV
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10.13 Units
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750.00 ml
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31 December, 2031
Haut-Brion trained Jean-Marc Sauboua was born and raised in Bordeaux, but is also half Spanish. For many years he’s made wine for us all over the world, Bordeaux in particular, but when he decided to start a project of his own, Rioja was his only thought. And only the very highest parts of the appellation. Right from the start Jean-Marc’s aim was to make a Grand Cru style of Rioja, wines full of fruit with balanced oak. Pigeage (pron. pea jarge), two reds and one white, are his flagship wines and in just 11 vintages have won over 150 Golds. Old-vine Viura and high-grown Chardonnay, fermented in French oak, this is intensely citrusy with toasty oak and mineral zip. The finest release yet thanks to a cool vintage. A superb dinner party white.
Critic, 92 points
