This is a special, limited parcel of Rioja from the highly awarded Altos bodeg...This is a special, limited parcel of Rioja from the highly awarded Altos bodega. It was founded in 2006 by the Bordeaux-born Jean-Marc Sauboua, who has been our Trophy-winning winemaker at Château La Clarière for many years. He wanted to start a winery...more
This is a special, limited parcel of Rioja from the highly awarded Altos bodeg...This is a special, limited parcel of Rioja from the highly awarded Altos bodega. Bordeaux-born Jean-Marc Sauboua has been our Trophy-winning winemaker at Château La Clarière for many years. In 2006, he decided to start a winery of his own in the...more
Enjoy 18 years maturity in this fine Crianza. It's from Jean-Marc Sauboua, a h...Enjoy 18 years maturity in this fine Crianza. It's from Jean-Marc Sauboua, a highly acclaimed Bordeaux-born winemaker, who founded his own Rioja winery in 2006. His aim was to make a Grand Cru style, using grapes from some of the region's highest...more
Altos was founded in 2006 by the Haut-Brion-trained winemaker Jean-Marc Saubou...Altos was founded in 2006 by the Haut-Brion-trained winemaker Jean-Marc Sauboua. His aim was to make finest Rioja along Grand Cru Classé lines. So he only uses old-vine grapes from vineyards at 700 metres altitude and climbing. At that height, nights...more
Having made Trophy-winning wines at other people's cellars for 25 years, in 20...Having made Trophy-winning wines at other people's cellars for 25 years, in 2006 our head winemaker, Jean-Marc Sauboua, decided to buy his own winery. Despite being Bordeaux-born, he chose Rioja (his mother was from Spain), with the sole aim of making...more
Let's go in age order, starting with a recently released 2005 Crianza from Alt...Let's go in age order, starting with a recently released 2005 Crianza from Altos de la Guardia, a relatively new cellar that's now the most awarded bodega in all of Rioja. Fermented in 140-year-old wooden vats and matured for six years in barrel, López...more