2016 Preludio
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Javier Zaccagnini has sold his shares in Aalto to focus fully on Sei Solo. 100% bush-vine Tempranillo from La Horra, with small pebbles, sand and clay on the surface, but 20 cm of chalk at 1 m depth. 50% vines over 40 years old, 50% younger vines. MLF in 228-, 500- and 600-litre barrels. 50% new and 50% older oak. Mid-deep purple. Precise, ripe black fruit, with floral violet and some orange peel. Very expressive aromatically, with cinnamon and chocolate oak very much in the background. Fresh acidity, fine-grained but fairly firm tannins, with nicely ripe blackberry and violet fruit. Lovely length. Very smartly made. The 15% alcohol is not really noticeable. (TJ)
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Tim Jackson MW, jancisrobinson.com
Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate
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The second wine here, the 2016 Preludio de Sei Solo was produced with grapes from La Horra, Moradillo and Gumiel de Izán. It fermented in oak and stainless steel vats with destemmed grapes and indigenous yeasts and matured in 228- and 600-liter French oak barrels, some 40% of them new (as they need to build their collection of used oak barrels, especially the 600-liter ones). When I tasted it, the final blend was done and had been put in tank to settle for one month before bottling. It's an expressive Tempranillo (even if the old vineyards have some other grapes, even some white Albillo), ripe and juicy (it reached 14.6% alcohol), with good acidity and a juicy mouthfeel. They expect to fill some 19,000 bottles in July 2018.