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Edulis de Altanza Reserva 2018 is a Tempranillo that’s impossible to find in Spain unless you buy it from Vinoselección. It was made by Bodegas Altanza in Fuenmayor, in the Rioja Alta subzone, and has been aged for 21 months in French Allier oak barrels and vats.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Tempranillo
Type of barrel
French oak barrels
Type of bottle
Bordeaux
Barrel aging time
18 months plus a further 3 in vats, also made of French oak
Capacity (cl)
75
Alcohol content (% vol.)
14
General Information
In the Rioja Alta area it’s common to come across high-quality wines for laying down, reds designed to last and retain their properties over the years. Edulis de Altanza Reserva 2018 is one of those wines, a classy Tempranillo that you’ll only find at Vinoselección and is notable for its elegance and finesse resulting from careful ageing in oak and the bottle.
Bodegas Altanza dates back to 1998, when a group of Riojan entrepreneurs decided to start up a winery in Fuenmayor, whose sole aim was – and still is – to make high-quality wines in Spain’s most prestigious wine region. It pursues a philosophy of combining tradition and state of the art, and boasts modern facilities equipped with the latest technology on its 300-hectare estate.
Of these 300 hectares, 170 are planted with Tempranillo, the main variety used in Edulis de Altanza Reserva 2018. At the winery, built beside the vineyard in the style of French châteaux, the wine was matured for 18 months in French oak barrels before being transferred to 22,000-litre vats made of the same type of wood for another 3 months.
The wine goes perfectly with fish and tomato cannelloni au gratin, for example.
The winery
Located in Fuenmayor (Rioja Alta), Altanza began its journey in 1998 with the construction of the winery facilities and the planting of its own vineyards. From the very beginning, it focused on producing red wines aged in French oak. Its Valvarés estate supplies 70% of the grapes needed for the production of its wines. This estate consists of 300 hectares of land divided into different plots with various soil types, orientations, and slopes, which provide a great diversity of grapes that allow them to craft wines with a distinctive personality.
Of the 300 hectares, 170 are planted with tempranillo, and 12 hectares are dedicated to sauvignon blanc grapes (in addition, it includes 60 hectares of olive groves with the arbequina variety). Altanza also sources grapes from local growers with whom it has been collaborating for more than 20 years. From the outset, the winery opted for French oak barrels (due to their greater aromatic complexity) and 22,000-liter French oak vats from Allier, which provide a slow and harmonized additional aging process.
The facilities were built in the style of French “châteaux,” surrounded by gardens and vineyards. Underground, it houses a historical collection of 17,000 bottles and 183 new French oak barrels exclusively dedicated to the production of Altanza Club, following traditional methods.
David Saez de Ojer Tobalina is the current general director of the winery.