PS (Pagos Seleccionados) 2022

AALTO

PS (Pagos Seleccionados)
2022

$301.67*

* Suggested retail price
Product code
712850
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Private Retail - Special Order
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Spain
Regulated designation
Denominación de origen calificada (DOC)
Region
Castilla y Leon
Varietal(s)
Tempranillo 100 %
Colour
Red
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website
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About this winery

For the son of a winery worker, Mariano García's rise to head winemaker of Vega Sicilia was transcendent. When another taster was needed for a blind tasting teenaged Mario was randomly pulled into the winemaker's office. Of all the tasters he was the only one to identify the two wines in the tasting that were identical. This gifted taster was immediately put to work and by age 24 he had taken over as winemaker of the legendary estate, a role he held for 30 years. Consequently, the world of...

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Press reviews

Jeb Dunnuck

- 98 points -

July 2025 (Vintage 2022)

The winery’s top wine, the 2022 was first made in 2000 and is 100% Tempranillo/Tinto Fino. Powerfully built, yet elegant, it combines old-vine grapes planted 60 to 90 years ago from a selection of villages: La Horra-Roa, a hilly area with shallow slopes and reddish-brown soils, and La Aguilera, full of calcareous stone. Together, they offer this contrast of grace and intensity etched in tart red fruit, sweet vanilla, and remarkably refined tannins. The wine is aged 20 months in new French oak barrels and should age exceptionally well over the next 20-30 years.

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James Suckling

- 96 points -

#72 - James Suckling Top 100 wines of Spain

September 2024 (Vintage 2022)

A rich, deep and complex nose with plenty of wood spices, dark chocolate, fresh blackberries, violets and a touch of graphite. The highlight on the full-bodied palate is the quality and quantity of the tannins, which are massive but polished and dissolved. Really firm and long. Better from 2026, when the wood spices settle more.

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