In the glass
Aroma: blackcurrant, dark cherry, cedar, floral
Palate: concentrated dark fruit, cedar spice, graphite, structured tannins
O Fournier's prestige Reserva from the Burgos sector: concentrated dark fruit, cedar and graphite from 18 months in French oak, showing the ambition of the Fournier family's Ribera project.
What it pairs with
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Roast lamb with Castilian herbs
Concentrated fruit and cedar suit herb-fragrant slow-roasted lamb. -
Grilled Iberico pork pluma
Dense tannins need the fat and depth of premium Iberico. -
Strong aged sheep's cheese
Firm structure and dark fruit are complemented by pungent aged cheese.
History
Alfa Spiga is the prestige label from Bodegas O Fournier at Berlangas de Roa, drawing on the estate's best Tinto Fino parcels in the Burgos sector. The Fournier family, with roots in Argentina and Chile, applied international expertise to this Ribera project.
- 2004 — First Alfa Spiga vintage released from Berlangas de Roa estate
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas O Fournier
- Grapes
- Tinto Fino
- Classification
- DO Ribera del Duero
- Oak
- 18 months in French oak barriques
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 35-55 at retail
- Drinking window
- 7-16 from vintage
- First vintage
- 2004