Vina Alberdi Reserva
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Classic roasted lamb, traditional Spanish tapas such as jamón Ibérico and aged Manchego cheese, and grilled red meats.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the legendary La Rioja Alta, S.A., a historic estate founded in 1890 in Haro's famous Barrio de la Estación, Viña Alberdi is a profound tribute to Nicolas Alberdi, a pivotal past president of the winery. Unlike some of its sibling cuvées, Viña Alberdi is traditionally crafted as a 100% Tempranillo, sourced from high-altitude estate vineyards in Rodezno and Labastida. The terroir's clay-limestone soils and Atlantic-influenced climate yield grapes with vibrant acidity and bright red fruit character. True to the estate's uncompromising commitment to traditional methods, the wine undergoes aging for two years in American oak barrels handcrafted in the winery's own cooperage, and is meticulously racked by candlelight every six months to naturally clarify the wine and develop its signature notes of sweet spices, vanilla, and balsamic undertones.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1890 in Haro's iconic Barrio de la Estación by five Basque and Riojan families, La Rioja Alta S.A. stands as an archetype of classical Spanish viticulture. Operating extensive estate holdings across Rioja Alta and Rioja Alavesa—complemented by satellites Torre de Oña in Páganos, Áster in Ribera del Duero, and Lagar de Cervera in Rías Baixas—the estate relies upon calcareous-clay and alluvial soils tempered by Atlantic and continental microclimates. The viticultural approach prioritizes meticulous canopy management, estate-grown fruit, and low-impact sustainable husbandry. In the cellar, the bodega is renowned for its in-house cooperage of seasoned American oak, manual barrel racking by candlelight every six months, and remarkably patient oxidative maturation. The resulting wines—exemplified by Viña Ardanza, Viña Arana, and the majestic Gran Reserva 890 and 904—display exceptional longevity, savory complexity, fine-grained tannins, and vibrant Atlantic freshness.
🍇 Grapes
Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Mazuelo