Aalto

Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero, 2021

Name: Pagos Seleccionados, Ribera del Duero
Brand: Aalto
Price: 565.12 GBP

95/100

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

95/100

Vinous

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2021
75cl
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£94.19
2021
6x75cl
DP
£565.12
2021
1x1.5L
DP
£225.17

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Pagos Seleccionados is always a more powerful, classical Ribera del Duero. A “selection within a selection” focusing on the prime villages of La Horra and La Aguilera, the vines average 60-90 years old. Qualitatively it sits with the likes of Vega and Pingus, but at a snip of the price. Dark fruited with flowers dusted in coffee and chocolate, a certain stony minerality and spice. Best broached after a minimum of five years in bottle. Raised in new French oak for 21 months.

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Wines not bought directly from the vineyard are either sourced from trusted suppliers, with whom we share the same philosophy and rigour in buying, or from our own network of Cellarers customers. These customers’ wines are stored in optimal conditions in Octavian Corsham and, in the vast majority of cases, have been stored by us since the wine was first shipped. We do not purchase wine from auctions.

We feel it is equally important to for our customers that the case they buy and leave in storage with us is exactly the same case they subsequently have delivered. This may sound obvious and straightforward, yet we are one of very few merchants to have taken measures to ensure this.

We have created a system where every case is independent, thereby ensuring a trail of ownership and peace of mind for every customer.

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Justerinis ensures that every case of wine stored with Cellarers (Wines) Ltd has a unique identifier and customer’s name, almost unheard of in the industry as it is expensive to administer. These details are printed and placed on every case which is logged and recorded under your account name and kept in the world’s most renowned storage facility, Octavian Corsham.

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While customer reserves are stored in Corsham, our physical stocks are kept in Hoddesdon, further providing a geographical separation between customers’ wines with Cellarers and Justerinis’ own stock.

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Cellarers (Wines) Ltd is a legally separate limited company from Justerini & Brooks which currently holds approximately £450 million worth of customer reserves. It is fully insured to catastrophic loss. Many merchants will state that wine in their care is fully insured, but in reality this is on an individual case basis with insufficient cover for total loss as this is prohibitively expensive. The cover provided by Octavian and Justerini & Brooks is unmatched.

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Critic Reviews

95/100

Luis Gutierrez,

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2021 PS has a similar profile as the regular Aalto but with a little bit more of everything, more ripenessplaying dangerously with overripenessand alcohol (15%), more concentration and power and also more oak that reveals itself in the shape or aromas of fried corn. It's powerful and tannic, in need of years in bottle and/or powerful food. This is very good in its style, impeccably crafted and aged in the best barrels money can buy. 35,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in September 2023.

drinking window 2026 - 2036

date of review 06/2024

95/100

Joaquin Hidalgo,

Vinous

The 2021 PS is 100% Tempranillo, primarily sourced from clay soils in La Horra and Aguilera, and was aged for up to 20 months in French barrels. Garnet-red in hue. Cherry and cola notes complement pine and dried flowers against a vanilla and cedar backdrop. It's broad and creamy in the mouth, with a chalky core and a lasting oaky flavor. This tasting occurred just after bottling, but it promises to develop a more nuanced character in the medium term.

drinking window 2027 - 2040

date of review 11/2023

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