Benjamin Romeo Contador - Alma 2020

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Producer	Benjamin Romeo Contador
Country	Spain
Region	Rioja
Varietal	Tempranillo
Vintage	2020
Sku	12014010
Size	750ml

 

WA

97

We just received a limited number of six packs (original wood) of this newest release from Benjamin Romeo, one of Spain's most highly regarded winemakers. The Alma cuvee is named after his 6 year-old daughter Alma.
It is made from 3 plots located in the high, medium and low altitudes of Benjamin’s vineyards, respectively bringing intensity, minerality and a more gourmand profile: La Viña de Andres, El Bombón & Diasol. It's mostly Tempranillo, providing a deep, dark core of fruit, with some Garnacha Tinta bringing freshness & elegance. Plush, ripe, and fresh, with loads of lovely dark plummy fruit, cassis, fine grained tannins, and a long balanced finish. 

It spends 20 months in new French oak barrels from six different cooperages adding lovely sandalwood and vanilla undertones to the wine that are very well integrated. Amazingly approachable now, this will drink great for a decade or more. 
 

Rated 97 Points, The Wine Advocate - "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."