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Altos R Pigeage Tempranillo Rioja 2020

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Altos R Pigeage Tempranillo Rioja 2020
The flagship cuvée of Altos has won over 100 Golds and numerous top scores since 2006, the 2020 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 - Full Bodied
  • Fine wine
  • SpainSpain
  • Deep Ruby
  • Tempranillo
  • 10.875 Units
  • 14.5% ABV
  • 750 ml
  • 31 December 2039

Flavour Profile

Tasting notes
Intense dark berry fruit, tobacco, mocha and truffle complexity
Aroma
Blackberry, blueberry, oaky walnut, mocha, spice box and tobacco
Allergy information
Contains Sulphites
The Wine
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. Aged for two years in half new French oak, 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 an...
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Shows some dark mushrooms, wet earth, graphite, spiced blackberries and sous bois. Full-bodied

James Suckling

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