Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero
Aalto

Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero


Destination

vintage


portfolio

Portfolio
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2020
75cl
DP
£86.84

2020
1x1.5L
DP
£205.69

2020
1x3L
DP
£501.38

2021
75cl
DP
£94.04

2021
6x75cl
DP
£564.28

2021
1x1.5L
DP
£223.69

Broking

Broking
These are wines from our broking list and have an average delivery window of 15 working days.


2005
3x75cl
DP
£369.61

2005
6x75cl
DP
£739.22

2009
6x75cl
DP
£491.08

2017
6x75cl
DP
£491.08


Aalto, Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero, 2005

2005

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Aalto, Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero, 2005

PS stands for Pagos Seleccionados, or selected parcels. It is a blend uniquely from Aaltos finest vineyards in La Horra and La Aguilera ranging from 60-100 years old. 100% Tinto Fino. The wine is aged on average for 30 months in new French oak barrels. The 2005 is powerful and sophisticated yet with round velvety tannins, full of generous ample fruit, crushed autumn and forest berry fruit, bramble and blackcurrant with griotte cherry notes, more complex shades of liquorice, chocolate and minerals. Incredibly long, concentrated and exquisitely fine.

ABV:
14.5%

specifications

country:
Spain


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Producer:
Aalto

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Allergen Information:
This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.


Aalto

Aalto

Now with twenty vintages under their belts and a highly detailed understanding of the scores of parcels of old vines they own, Aalto has well and truly established itself as one of the great wines of both Ribera del Duero and Spain in general. It is hardly surprising given that it was established in 1999 as a collaboration between Javier Zaccagnini and Mariano Garcia, the former an ex-director of Ribera’s Consejo Regulador, the latter winemaker at Vega Sicilia for 30 years. In their state-of-the-art, gravity fed winery the team receive the multiple plots in refrigerated rooms for sorting and de-stemming before parcel by parcel vinification down below. Ageing takes place in barriques with a selection of the finest plots, generally with a “heart” of wine from the great village of La Horra, being selected to make Aalto PS (Pagos Seleccionados). The straight cuvee of Aalto tends to drink very well on release, the PS often requiring more like six to ten years to show its full potential. Aalto now hails from seven different villages across the region with vineyards averaging 40-80 years of age. Over the years, the proportion of new oak and time in barrel has reduced to around 50%, purely French, and just 16-18 months before bottling. Tender tannins, vibrant acidities, and deep black fruit and coffee notes typify this beautifully sleek, glossy Ribera del Duero. In 2018 Javier Zaccagnini left Aalto for pastures new, handing over to Eduardo Ferrin who becomes Managing Director, while Mariano Garcia remains in place as head of the winemaking team.

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