Alto
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Argentina
Mendoza
Mendoza
Alta Vista’s iconic wine, represents the benchmark among Argentine wines, crafted from the highest quality grapes from small vineyard parcels with low yields. Hand-picked grapes go through a double selection process on a sorting table. Alto is vinified in small, epoxy-lined concrete tanks which allow a gentle, precise vinification and extraction of polyphenols to produce an elegant wine. It is aged 14 months in new French oak barrels and at least 12 months in bottle.
92 Points
Wine Spectator
2020 vintage
96 Points
jamessuckling.com
2018 vintage
Tasting Note
Shows complex black fruit aromas, with spice and chocolate notes. The flavors are concentrated, yet elegant and expressive, with silky tannins and a long, intense finish.
Unique Selling Points
- Produced from highest quality, selected grapes, only in the best vintages
- For Alto, yields are a minuscule 0.5 bottles per vine
- Since '02 vintage, major wine publications have never rated Alto below 92 pts.
- Made in very small quantities
Alta Vista's Terroir Expression Winemakers® became the first in Argentina to produce single vineyard Malbec wines, each representing the unique characteristics of their high elevation, estate vineyards.
About the Grape
Malbec
Well-made Malbec is a dark, perfumed wine with rich, blackberry and damson plum fruit, aromas of violets and tobacco, and ripe, juicy tannins. In France, may be mineral, structured and austere.
