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Aalto 2011 75cl

DO | Ribera del Duero | Castilla y León | Espagne
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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
Producteur
Aalto Bodegas y Viñedos
Mariano Garcia, propriétaire de Bodegas Mauro et Maurodos, s’est d’abord distingué comme œnologue auprès de Vega Sicilia, icône parmi les vins espagnols. A présent, il s’occupe de son propre domaine, Aalto, fondé en 1999 en partenariat avec Javier Zaccagnini. Les deux compères partagent le même objectif, celui d’élaborer un Ribera del Duero concentré et dense au profil moderne. En peu de temps, le jeune domaine a connu un développement rapide. Cette propriété de 42 hectares est cultivée en agriculture biologique et s’étend sur les provinces de Valladolid et de Burgos. Le fleuron de la gamme, également le plus recherché, se nomme Aalto et est élaboré exclusivement à partir de tinto fino, vocable local du tempranillo. Cette cuvée, extrêmement dense au fruité abondant, a même vu son millésime 2012 classé sixième parmi les « 100 Meilleurs Vins de 2015 » selon le Wine Spectator.