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2003 Aalto PS Tempranillo

Tempranillo: 750ml

$87.99

about this wine:

Vineyards: Careful selection of the best Pagos (small area with certain peculiarities) from estate vineyards in seven different villages in Ribera del Duero including Roa, La Horra, Quemada, La Aguilera &  Moradillo

Farming Practice: Sustainable

Soils: Variety of soils including limestone, clay, sand, chalk and pebbles

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points awarded:
WA 93 WS 94

93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2007

The 2003 Aalto PS is purple/black with an unusually expressive nose for this hot vintage. It reveals smoke, toast, vanilla spice, blueberry, and blackberry jam. This is followed by a fleshy wine with excellent depth and full-body. It does, however, narrow out slightly in the finish.


94 points,

Wine Spectator, December 2006

Hard to resist this lush, modern red, with its mouthwatering blackberry and boysenberry fruit and lavish toasty vanilla oak. But has plenty of structure, with ripe tannins and fresh acidity, so give it time to develop. Drink now through 2015. 450 cases imported. –TM


93 points,

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, February 2007

The 2003 Aalto PS is purple/black with an unusually expressive nose for this hot vintage. It reveals smoke, toast, vanilla spice, blueberry, and blackberry jam. This is followed by a fleshy wine with excellent depth and full-body. It does, however, narrow out slightly in the finish.


94 points,

Wine Spectator, December 2006

Hard to resist this lush, modern red, with its mouthwatering blackberry and boysenberry fruit and lavish toasty vanilla oak. But has plenty of structure, with ripe tannins and fresh acidity, so give it time to develop. Drink now through 2015. 450 cases imported. –TM


About Winery

One of the youngest properties in the region, Bodegas Aalto has one of the most prestigious lineages. A chance meeting between Mariano Garcia, former star winemaker of Vega Sicilia, and Javier Zaccagnini, former President of the governing body of the Ribera del Duero AOC, gave birth to this quality-oriented estate which produced its first vintage in 1999, a year after its creation.

The winery has acquired some of the best Tinto Fino vineyards in Ribera del Duero, including 32 hectares in 3 different sub-regions of Ribera del Duero -- two in the province of Valladolid and one in the province of Burgos. They also have 10 hectares of 60 year-old vines in the Burgos village of Quemada. In 2004, Mariano Garcia was recognized by Wine & Spirits Magazine as one of "50 Most Influential Winemakers."

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