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Alma 2020 75cl

Rioja | Spain
CHF 104.85

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2020 2021
Critics scores
97 By Robert Parker
94 By James Suckling
The new red blend 2020 Alma Contador is going to be sold mostly through the négociants from Bordeaux. It was produced with grapes from three vineyards in San Vicente de la Sonsierra at different altitudes and is a blend of Tempranillo with 8% Garnacha with limited yields because of mildew. It matured in new French barriques for 20 months. He wanted a more classical image and perhaps a more classical profile of wine. It's perfumed and floral, with notes of aromatic herbs, a little balsamic and quite showy, with very fine tannins and freshness, as he used more grapes from the higher-altitude zones. It's powerful and elegant, and in a way it reminds me of the style of the initial vintages of La Cueva de Contador; it's clean and elegant. It's 14.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.55. It's very young but still drinkable, as the quality of the tannins is very good. I think this is the one wine I'd buy from their portfolio if I could only buy one. It transported me to the wines from the early 2000s. 10,000 bottles produced.
Producer
Bodega Contador
We are excited to offer for the first time the wines from Bodega Contador, one of the most exciting and dynamic estates from Spain today. Owned and produced by Benjamin Romeo, long-time head winemaker at Artadi, the domaine exploded onto the Spanish wine scene in 2000, when his inaugural vintage of Contador was released, wowing Robert Parker and capturing 98 points. Since, he has been attracting worldwide media attention and many impressive scores - almost all in the mid- to high 90s (and beyond). We are currently offering three of his wines - all exceptional and delicious: La Cueva, a wine which combines elegance and power and is produced from free-run juice from multiple vineyard sites; La Viña De Andres Romeo, produced from a single vineyard site which is renowned for its intense, rich wines; and finally his pièce de resistance, Contador, a tour de force and the ultimate expression of his old vines and terroir. These incredible wines are some of Spain's greatest (limited production) bottles and well worth discovering.