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Aalto 2011 150cl

DO | Ribera del Duero | Castilla y León | Spanien
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91 Robert Parker
2011 Aalto is the cuvee produced with Tempranillo grapes from nine villages across Ribera del Duero, some in Valladolid and the majority in Burgos. It was fermented with indigenous yeasts and was aged for 20 months in 50% new barrels and 50% used ones. Most of the oak is from France, but 15% of the barriques are made of American wood. The wine shows the house style of ripe, exuberant and well-oaked reds, with some lactic hints and surprisingly, fresh red fruit intermixed with the aromas of riper, darker fruit and plenty of spicy oak, developing pine needle-like notes with time in the glass, and later, ripe peach. The palate is medium to full-bodied with abundant, fine-grained, slightly dusty tannins. It shows good balance and moderate acidity ending with some lactic flavors. 230,000 bottles produced. I tasted from half bottles (that is not ideal), which are not sold, only used for tastings. The wine evolves quickly once the bottle is opened, so I think this ripe vintage should be drunk in the shorter term. Drink now-2017.  2011 saw a warm end of the summer and an early harvest (it started on September) in Ribera del Duero. In Aalto they finished harvesting very healthy grapes on October 11. 2012 was extremely dry, but not as warm during the last months of the cycle. I tasted these 2011s from half-bottles that are far from ideal, especially since the half-bottles are not sold, and are used uniquely for tasting. Wine Advocate #214 Aug 2014
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Aalto Bodegas y Viñedos
Mariano García, Eigentümer der Bodegas Mauro und Maurodos, kennt man eigentlich von seinem Wirken in der spanischen Ikone Vega Sicilia. Heute bringt er seine Energie in sein eigenes Weingut Aalto ein, das er 1999 mit Partner Javier Zaccagnini gründete. Mit dem gemeinsamen Ziel vor Augen, konzentrierte, dichte und modern gestaltete Weine aus Ribera del Duero zu kreieren, konnte die junge Kellerei in den vergangenen Jahren ein enormes Wachstum verzeichnen. Die 42 Hektar werden ökologisch bewirtschaftet und erstrecken sich über die Provinzen Valladolid und Burgos. Ihr Flaggschiff und beliebtester Wein ist Aalto, ein reiner Tinto Fino (wie die Tempranillo hier gennant wird), der extem dicht und fruchtig ist. Der Jahrgang 2012 rangierte sogar an sechster Stelle unter den “Top 10 Wines of 2015” in The Wine Spectator.