Named in honour of their founder, Juan Alcorta, and situated on the old road to Fuenmayor (Logroño). A bodega exclusively dedicated to making crianza, reserva and gran reserva oak-aged wines, whose vineyards are arranged in plots so that the grapes can be selected and cultivated depending on the type of wine sought. For cask-ageing we use mainly American oak with some French oak too, in a quiet and peaceful atmosphere for ageing wine. The majority of our vines are of the Tempranillo variety, and over 25 years old. Alcorta seeks to respond to the new fashion in modern Riojas by producing a more aromatic wine with better sensations in the mouth, capable of surprising even the most discerning palates.

Cherry red colour with a ruby rim, brilliant and crystal clear, with lots of depth. Complex nose with ripe red fruit aromas and hints of toasted oak and spices. Smooth, meaty and with good backbone and a prolonged, aromatic finish.

• Product Code: PR02AL
• Grower: Alcorta
• Grape Variety: Tempranillo
  
• Style: Complex and Smooth
  
• Country: Spain
• Appellation: Rioja
• Vintage: 2006/7
• Alchohol: 13% ABV
• Case Size: 6
• Bottle Size: 75cl

Vintage Rating on this wine was 91 (source: Wine Competition Award Winners)

Closure: CORK

Alternative wine closures are substitute closures used in the wine industry for sealing wine bottles in place of traditional cork closures. The emergence of these alternatives has grown in response to quality control efforts by winemakers to protect against "cork taint" caused by the presence of the chemical trichloroanisole (TCA).

Screw caps or "Stelvin caps" are closures made only from aluminium material that threads onto the bottleneck. They are the predominant closure used by New Zealand wineries.[8][9] This can be attributed in part to the New Zealand screw cap initiative which promotes the use of screw caps instead of cork. Screw caps form a tighter seal and can keep out oxygen for a longer time than cork. These benefits aid in maintaining the wine's overall quality and aging potential.

Vino-Seal, or Vino-Lok, is a plastic/glass closure released by Alcoa. Since its introduction into the European market in 2003, over 300 wineries have utilized Vino-Seal. Using a glass stopper with an inert o-ring, the Vino-Seal creates a hermetic seal that prevents oxidation and TCA contamination.

Zork is an alternative wine closure that seals like a screw cap and pops like a cork. The Zork closure consists of three parts; an outer cap providing a tamper evident clamp that locks onto the band of a standard cork mouth bottle, an inner metal foil which provides an oxygen barrier similar to a screw cap, and an inner plunger which creates the ‘pop’ on extraction and reseals after use.

The traditional crowned bottle cap has been used in the sparkling wine industry as a closure during the bottle fermentation process (méthode traditionnelle). Normally the cap is replaced with a cork before shipping, though recently some producers are releasing wines using the crown cap as their closure.

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