Altos R Pigeage Tempranillo Rioja 2021
Rioja DOCa
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The flagship cuvée of Altos has won over 100 Golds and numerous top scores since 2006, the last vintage gaining eight Golds and 96pts. Using old-vine Tempranillo and Graciano aged in new French oak and amphorae, it’s a serious, Grand Cru style Rioja.
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Wine Details
- Red - Medium Bodied
- Fine wine
Spain- Deep Ruby
- Tempranillo-based blend
- 10.875 Units
- 14.5% ABV
- 31 December 2040
Flavour Profile
Tasting notes
Intense dark berry fruit, tobacco, dark chocolate and truffle complexity, spice
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Story Behind the Bottle
Our Haut-Brion-trained winemaker, Jean-Marc Sauboua, co-founded Altos in 2006 and, all together they’ve won over 300 Golds, four Trophies, plus many high scores. He works with Amaia Amestoy, who gained experience at Rioja’s iconic Marqués de Riscal and Priorat’s Alvaro Palacios before joining Altos. The wine is made from old-vine (80+ years) Tempranillo and Graciano, vinified 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.
Our Haut-Brion-trained winemaker, Jean-Marc Sauboua, co-founded Altos in 2006 and, all together they’ve won over 300 Golds, four Trophies, plus many high scores. He works with Amaia Amestoy, who gained experience at Rioja’s iconic Marqués de Riscal and Priorat’s Alvaro Palacios before joining Altos. The wine is made from old-vine (80+ years) Tempranillo and Graciano, vinified 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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