Ribera del Duero 2019

AALTO

Ribera del Duero
2019

Country
Spain
Regulated designation
Denominación de origen (DO)
Region
Castilla y Leon
Appellation
Ribera del Duero
Varietal(s)
Tempranillo 100 %
Alcohol percentage
15%
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Aging vessel type
French and American oak
Length of aging
18 months
Producer's website

About this winery

The Aalto vineyard, situated in Ribera del Duero, Spain, is a beacon of winemaking excellence. Founded by Mariano García and Javier Zaccagnini, it is renowned for its deep and complex red wines. These wines are celebrated for their remarkable balance and distinctive character, perfectly showcasing the unique terroir of the region. The vines, cultivated in an ideal environment with suitable soils, enable Aalto to produce wines that captivate connoisseurs worldwide, expressing the creators'...

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Product notes

100% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) primarily from very old vines – 40 to 80 years old – from nine different villages in the province of Burgos and Valladolid. The harvest was done by hand, in small boxes of 15 kilos that are thoroughly inspected, bunch by bunch, on the selection table. Aged for 18 months in French and American oak barrels.

Tasting notes

Deep purple red color. Notes of red fruits together with subtle aromas of spices coming from the wood emerge. AALTO 2019 is a very fresh and elegant wine. On the palate its broadness, structure and persistence are remarkable.

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 94 points -

(Vintage 2020)

The nose of the red 2020 Aalto comes blasting with tons of toasted oak, spice, smoke and more toast, ripe berries and a luxurious creaminess like the finest modern wines from the turn of the century. This is predictable but exactly what their customers are looking for, with ripe berries, generous oak and a velvety palate with volume, soft tannins and mellow acidity. It matured in French and American oak barrels for 18 months. Some things never change. 330,000 bottles. It was bottled in July 2022.

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James Suckling

- 93 points -

(Vintage 2020)

Fine spice and vanilla to the blackberries, mussels, sandalwood, minerals, black walnuts and dark chocolate. Quite well-judged and balanced on the palate, showing a mid-palate that is about freshness, fruit and fluidity, together with tight, nicely grippy tannins. Juicy, chewy and long. Drinkable now, but better from 2024

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