2021 Sei Solo Preludio

Sei Solo is the personal project of Javier Zaccagnini, former President of the Supervisory Board of the Ribera del Duero between 1992 and 1998. In 1999, together with Mariano Garcia, he founded the famous Aalto House, which is now considered one of the world's top houses.

Javier starts this new project in 2007. The Sei Solo is exclusively wines with grapes from Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) with vines that are between 60 and 90 years old. The old vineyard, exclusively 'tino fino' is located in the small village of La Horra, heart of the famous Ribera del Duero region. La Horra is known for its wealth of unique old vineyards, also e.g. Pingus, the exclusive cult wine of Peter Sisseck comes from there. Javier has been making top wine there for several years, but only wanted to release them under his private label 'Sei Solo' as soon as the wines meet his high standards. In recent years, the little fruit was sold to Aalto and went entirely into the top cuvée 'PS', because Javier was not yet satisfied. Now the time has finally come! 2011 is the first official release of Sei Solo with also a 'second wine' called Preludio. Javier Zaccagnini is not only a great wine lover, he is also very fond of classical music. His absolute favorite is Johann Sebastian Bach. As a tribute, he gives this exclusive wine the name 'Solo Sei', after the exceptional work of JS Bach. Sei Solo is a cycle of six violin works. It consists of three sonatas and three partitas. The label of Sei Solo is in the handwriting of his master JS Bach. Around 1,200 bottles of Sei Solo are made and a maximum of 4,000 bottles of Preludio.

The Sei solo Perludio is clear, no new oak barrel but exceptional terroir expression. The wine has a fruity layered nose is layered with smoky and balsamic notes against a jammy background. Dry and rich with a ripe, powerful palate. Absolutely evident that Javier (read Aalto) comes back a little here, but then more fruit and less wood.