Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero, 2020

Name: Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero
Brand: Aalto
Price: 503.15 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

A selection within a selection, as the team always say, PS represents a step up in concentration and complexity over the straight Aalto. Sweet berries, forest fruits and spices with earth and cocoa nuances, it is full bodied and incredibly alluring and impressive. It deserves five years before broaching to show at its best. Raised in new French oak for 21 months.

critic reviews

95/100Luis Gutierrez,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The heady and ripe 2020 PS follows the house style and the profile of the regular Aalto from the same vintage, with slightly higher ripeness, more creaminess and toastier oak. It's predictable and very good at it, with abundant, slightly dusty tannins and some chalkiness in the pungent, intense and oaky finish. It has 15% alcohol and mellow acidity. For fans of oaky and ripe Tempranillo. 35,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2022 after 21 months in new French oak barrels.

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date of review 01/2023