2020 Rioja Tinto, Bodega Alegre Valganon, DOC
£21.95
6 in stock
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We are very excited to welcome the fabulous wines of Bodegas Alegre Valganon to our shelves. Husband and wife team Eva and Oscar strive to produce wines which hark back to a traditional style of Rioja, pre-dating the arrival of the Bordelais and Phylloxera. They farm old plots of vines in the shadow of the Obarenes Mountains which are some of the highest and coolest in the region, yielding wines that are refined and aromatic. Their vineyard plots are managed meticulously and they favour whole bunch fermentation, long macerations and ageing in large, neutral barrels.
This delicious Rioja is a blend of 75% Tempranillo & 25% Garnacha with a quarter of the wine fermented in whole bunches. The wine has a 30 day maceration and is aged in large, old oak for 16 months. Silky smooth, as one would expect from Rioja, yet with a freshness and lightness of touch to it’s crunchy red, mineral tinged fruits. Garnacha adds a little bit of heft but overall the wine is wonderfully silky and elegant with terroir and fruit shining through rather than oak.
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