Cuentavinas - Rioja Alomado 2019 (750ml)
| Producer | Cuentavinas |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | La Rioja |
| Subregion | Rioja |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Item# | 16530 |
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Jeb Dunnuck: 94 Points
The 2019 Alomado is darker and richer, with chocolaty red and black fruits as well as gorgeous spring flowers, violets, and sappy herb notes developing with time in the glass. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has outstanding purity, silky tannins, and a great finish. It's already drinking nicely today yet should easily evolve for 10-15 years. This cuvée is 80% Tempranillo with the balance a field blend of white varieties. It spent 18 months in used barrels. Best After 2022
Wine Advocate: 92 Points
The 2019 Alomado was produced with a field blend of Tempranillo with some 20% white grapes—Viura, Malvasía Riojana and Calagraño—from a vineyard in the process of being certified organic; the vineyard was planted in 1960 in Finca Ribarrey, the last valley of San Vicente de la Sonsierra, on silty and clay soils with limestone and 60% boulders. The destemmed grapes were co-fermented in small oak vats, and like with the other wines, the fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts and finishes with selected yeasts. The wine went through malolactic in used 500-liter oak barrels, where it matured for 18 months. It's much fresher than the 2018 I tasted last time and in line with the 2020 I tasted next to it, despite the 14% alcohol. The oak is neatly integrated and the tannins are fine. Best After 2022
