Altos R Pigeage Tempranillo Rioja 2021
Rioja DOCa
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Wine Details
- Red - Medium Bodied
- Fine wine
Spain- Deep Ruby
- Tempranillo-based blend
- 10.875 Units
- 14.5% ABV
- 750 ml
- 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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