Diego Spinoglio Tierra Alta Reserva 2021
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About the wine
Diego's delicious Tierra Alta Reserva is like old-school Bordeaux with a bit of New World flair
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Few UK wine drinkers have tasted Uruguayan wines before, but even fewer will have tasted anything like Diego’s eye-opening Tannat-based wines.
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This little beauty is his Merlot-Tannat blend. And it’s a LOT fruitier than you might imagine. Tannat is classically inky and dark, but the blending in of Merlot has softened and made it more approachable. Aroma wise it smells like summer pudding, with red and black berry fruit, a little bit of mint. So pretty on the nose.
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The palate is also lighter than you’d expect from a Tannat blend, with good acidity giving it a freshness and plenty of red crunchy fruit. This could almost be a sofa red wine. There’s a nice earthiness that comes through on the finish - savoury, mushroomy, Bordeaux-like. Crack this open with a nice bowl of tomato-ish pasta and you’ll be pretty happy.
Best before
Drink now to 2026
Serving advice
Serve at room temperature 18-20°C.
Food match
Delicious with white and red meats or pastas.
Contains sulphites
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Uruguay
Montevideo
Merlot Blend
Smooth Red
13.0% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Diego Spinoglio
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A former architect and great grandson of an Italian winemaker who immigrated to Uruguay in the late 1800s, Diego’s family were part of a huge wave of European grape growers who moved to Uruguay at the end of the 19th century. Many of whom brought with them their favourite grapevines, stashed safely in their luggage to be planted in the new world.
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Lots of the wineries set up by those families back then are still going strong. Led by new generations like Diego. He grew up among the grapevines and - after a 4 year break to study architecture - came home to dedicate his life to the family craft. And he’s now been making wine for almost 30 years.
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Uruguay is a wine region like almost no other in South America. Unlike Argentina and Chile, with their arid climates and mountainous vineyards, it’s a tiny country nuzzled up against the fierce Atlantic Ocean. The cooling coastal influences and frequent rains are perfect for producing smooth, plush styles of Uruguay’s signature grape variety - Tannat - which is the basis for many of Diego’s wines.
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