Altos R Pigeage Tempranillo (imperial) 2019
Rioja DOCa
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Wine Details
- Red - Full Bodied
- Fine wine
Spain- Deep Garnet
- Tempranillo
- 72.5 Units
- 14.5% ABV
- 5000 ml
- 31 December 2032
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Intense dark berry fruit, tobacco, dark chocolate and truffle complexity, spice
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Story Behind the Bottle
An Imperial bottle – capacity, 5 litres (that's well over 6 normal bottles), impression, huge – is only used for the most special of wines. Well, this is the flagship Rioja of Altos R, the high altitude ‘bodega in the clouds’ whose fresh, pure style has earned the winery 100s of Golds. It’s crafted by Haut-Brion-trained Jean-Marc Sauboua from old-vine (80+ years) Tempranillo and Graciano, using Burgundy’s pigeage method. This involves fermenting in open vats and plunging the skins into the liquid three times a day – hands-on winemaking that delivers great results. Long-aged in half new French oak barrels, the rest in older barrels, plus 10% in amphorae, all bottled unfiltered, the wine offers seams of intense black fruit with spice-box complexity.
An Imperial bottle – capacity, 5 litres (that's well over 6 normal bottles), impression, huge – is only used for the most special of wines. Well, this is the flagship Rioja of Altos R, the high altitude ‘bodega in the clouds’ whose fresh, pure style has earned the winery 100s of Golds. It’s crafted by Haut-Brion-trained Jean-Marc Sauboua from old-vine (80+ years) Tempranillo and Graciano, using Burgundy’s pigeage method. This involves fermenting in open vats and plunging the skins into the liquid three times a day – hands-on winemaking that delivers great results. Long-aged in half new French oak barrels, the rest in older barrels, plus 10% in amphorae, all bottled unfiltered, the wine offers seams of intense black fruit with spice-box complexity.
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