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La Rioja Alta Viña Alberdi Rioja Reserva 2018 750ml
SKU: 07281

La Rioja Alta Viña Alberdi Rioja Reserva 2018

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750ml
$29.99
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Category Red Wine
Varietal
Origin Spain, Rioja
Brand La Rioja Alta
This wine is clean and bright. Intense aromas of wild strawberries and raspberries with notes of vanilla, toasted caramel and coffee beans on the palate and a fresh and balanced finish. Pairs well with barbeque, rice, pasta, and grilled fish.
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Their young and fresh red 2018 Viña Alberdi, already a Reserva (Crianza in Spain), matured in oak barrel for two years-in new barrels for the first year and in used barrels for the second year. During the élevage, they racked the wine manually from barrel to barrel four times. 2018 was a year of lower alcohol and more freshness in the wines, and they thought the wines were not designed for the long haul; so, they didn't produce any other wine, and so the only wine from 2018 IS VIÑA ALBERDI! Which means that all the Tempranillo grapes that were destined for 890, 904 and all the other wines went to this wine. They didn't use the Garnacha (which was sold in bulk). So, this is a super- Viña Alberdi, which shows more Crianza style in this cooler vintage but with very good depth and complexity, perhaps a more modern and fresher style. The wine has a seamless palate and a juicy texture, with more color than other vintages, more intensity, more fruit... It has grapes from very good vineyards and poor soils that were never destined for this wine. Highly recommendable and very versatile. It has potential to age. They produced a whopping one million bottles of it. It was bottled in March 2021.

July 14, 2022

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