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Six Golds, plus four top scores, including 93 Points from Spain's Top Sommelier, this is a stunning, rare Rioja. It’s made purely from the region’s superb Graciano grape. Very low-yield, tiny berries, aged in new oak, it's layered with complexity
Six Golds, plus four top scores, including 93 Points from Spain's Top Sommelier, this is a stunning, rare Rioja. It’s made purely from the region’s superb Graciano grape. Very low-yield, tiny berries, aged in new oak, it's layered with complexity
Tasting notes
Powerful, silky, yet fresh, with red fruits, hints of spice, length
Aroma
Floral lift, with red berry fruit, a balsamic and mineral note, spice
Allergy information
Contains sulphites
Our Haut-Brion-trained winemaker, Jean-Marc Sauboua, founded Altos in 2006 and, all together, has won over 180 Golds, Trophies, plus many high scores. He works with the young Amaia Amestoy and Hector Gomez in the cellar, whose CVs includes experience at Napa’s Château Montelena, Contino and Murrieta in Rioja and Villacreces in Ribera del Duero. They made this wine from old-vine (80+ years) Tempranillo and Graciano, vinifying it 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 and bottled unfiltered, the wine offers seams of intense black fruit with spice-box complexity.