2020 Benjamin Romeo Alma Contador

Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | Spain |
Region | |
Appellation | Rioja (Appellation) |
Winery | |
Vintage | 2020 |
Grape | |
Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14.5%) |
Drink window | 2023 - 2030 |
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Description
The Alma is the brand new wine from Rioja house Contador, from winemaker Benjamin Romeo. This wine is distributed via Place du Bordeaux where it is distributed among the official wine merchants (including Grand Cru wines). Benjamin Romeo, recognized winemaker in Spain is an icon with consistently very high scores from wine critics around the world, including Robert Parker, who awards 100 points to Contador 2004 & 2005.
This New cuvée from Benjamin Romeo reflects the 'magic' of winemaking San Vincente de la Sonsierra, the historic center of Rioja. The wine is named after his 6-year-old daughter Alma, released on March 8 - International Women's Day. Made from 3 plots located in the high, medium and low altitudes of Benjamin's vineyards, bringing respectively intensity, minerality and a more gourmand profile: La Viña de Andres, El Bombón & Diasol. Alma, "Soul" in Spanish, also represents the soul of this unique blend of the 3 lots. There is a limited production of this fine wine. The Contador Alma is a blend of Tempranillo, with some Garnacha Tinta for freshness and elegance. Aging for 20 months in new French oak barrels from six different cooperages.
Benjamin Romeo wanted to create a more classic style and he succeeded with this first edition of the Contador Alma. It is perfumed and floral, with notes of aromatic herbs, a little balsamic with very fine tannins and freshness, as it contains more grapes from the higher used areas. It's powerful and elegant.
FACT: In the Tab: Attachment you will find the official factsheet of this fine wine and a number of beautiful photos. We will automatically send you these when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are almost next to the Rijksweg with plenty of parking space. Click here for address
Specifications
Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | Spain |
Region | Rioja |
Appellation | Rioja (Appellation) |
Winery | Benjamin Romeo |
Grape | Tempranillo |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2020 |
Drinking as of | 2023 |
Drinking till | 2030 |
Alcohol % | 14.5 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 97 |
James Suckling rating | 94 |
Tasting Profiles | Aards, Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard, Romantisch |
Professional Reviews
Parker
Rating
97
Release Price
$140
Drink Date
2022 - 2032
Reviewed by
Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date
14th Jul 2022
Source
July 2022 Week 2, 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. 10,000 bottles produced.
In 2018, BenjamÃn Romeo changed the style of the whites, moving away from very ripe and dense wines to more freshness and less ripeness and volume, looking for more drinkability, with more acidity, blocking malolactic. This all comes from an almost experimental white he did in 2017 (when he didn't bottle the Que Bonito Cacareaba), a wine that started the style, the Colección Nº 5 Parcela El Sauco. The change has been incremental each vintage, and the 2020s felt fresher than the 2019s.
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The Beginning in the Cave (1996-2000) The story of Bodega CONTADOR begins in 1995, when winemaker Benjamin Romeo purchases an ancient cave under the castle of San Vicente de la Sonsierra - La Rioja. He made his first wine "La Cueva Del Contador" from his 1996 harvest. In 1999, the first year of the now renowned top wine "Contador" is a fact.
The garage (2001-2007) 2001 is the year that Benjamin Romeo also furnishes the garage of his childhood home in San Vicente for winemaking, in addition to the cave, with which he increases production capacity. Robert Parker awards the 2004 and 2005 volumes of "Contador", made in the garage, with the highest rating possible: 100 points and the international prestige of Benjamin Romeo wines is a fact.
Bodega CONTADOR (2008-present) The new bodega will open on June 21, 2008, located at the foot of the San Vicente de la Sonsierra, surrounded by a diversity of vineyards that include unique wines such as "Predicador, La Cueva Del Contador, La Viña De Andres Romeo en Contador "and" Qué Bonito Cacareaba "
The Alma is the brand new wine from Rioja house Contador, from winemaker Benjamin Romeo. This wine is distributed via Place du Bordeaux where it is distributed among the official wine merchants (including Grand Cru wines). Benjamin Romeo, recognized winemaker in Spain is an icon with consistently very high scores from wine critics around the world, including Robert Parker, who awards 100 points to Contador 2004 & 2005.
This New cuvée from Benjamin Romeo reflects the 'magic' of winemaking San Vincente de la Sonsierra, the historic center of Rioja. The wine is named after his 6-year-old daughter Alma, released on March 8 - International Women's Day. Made from 3 plots located in the high, medium and low altitudes of Benjamin's vineyards, bringing respectively intensity, minerality and a more gourmand profile: La Viña de Andres, El Bombón & Diasol. Alma, "Soul" in Spanish, also represents the soul of this unique blend of the 3 lots. There is a limited production of this fine wine. The Contador Alma is a blend of Tempranillo, with some Garnacha Tinta for freshness and elegance. Aging for 20 months in new French oak barrels from six different cooperages.
Benjamin Romeo wanted to create a more classic style and he succeeded with this first edition of the Contador Alma. It is perfumed and floral, with notes of aromatic herbs, a little balsamic with very fine tannins and freshness, as it contains more grapes from the higher used areas. It's powerful and elegant.
FACT: In the Tab: Attachment you will find the official factsheet of this fine wine and a number of beautiful photos. We will automatically send you these when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount. We are almost next to the Rijksweg with plenty of parking space. Click here for address
Type of Wine | Red |
---|---|
Country | Spain |
Region | Rioja |
Appellation | Rioja (Appellation) |
Winery | Benjamin Romeo |
Grape | Tempranillo |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2020 |
Drinking as of | 2023 |
Drinking till | 2030 |
Alcohol % | 14.5 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 0.75 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 97 |
James Suckling rating | 94 |
Tasting Profiles | Aards, Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard, Romantisch |
Parker
Rating
97
Release Price
$140
Drink Date
2022 - 2032
Reviewed by
Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date
14th Jul 2022
Source
July 2022 Week 2, 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. 10,000 bottles produced.
In 2018, BenjamÃn Romeo changed the style of the whites, moving away from very ripe and dense wines to more freshness and less ripeness and volume, looking for more drinkability, with more acidity, blocking malolactic. This all comes from an almost experimental white he did in 2017 (when he didn't bottle the Que Bonito Cacareaba), a wine that started the style, the Colección Nº 5 Parcela El Sauco. The change has been incremental each vintage, and the 2020s felt fresher than the 2019s.
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James Suckling
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The Beginning in the Cave (1996-2000) The story of Bodega CONTADOR begins in 1995, when winemaker Benjamin Romeo purchases an ancient cave under the castle of San Vicente de la Sonsierra - La Rioja. He made his first wine "La Cueva Del Contador" from his 1996 harvest. In 1999, the first year of the now renowned top wine "Contador" is a fact.
The garage (2001-2007) 2001 is the year that Benjamin Romeo also furnishes the garage of his childhood home in San Vicente for winemaking, in addition to the cave, with which he increases production capacity. Robert Parker awards the 2004 and 2005 volumes of "Contador", made in the garage, with the highest rating possible: 100 points and the international prestige of Benjamin Romeo wines is a fact.
Bodega CONTADOR (2008-present) The new bodega will open on June 21, 2008, located at the foot of the San Vicente de la Sonsierra, surrounded by a diversity of vineyards that include unique wines such as "Predicador, La Cueva Del Contador, La Viña De Andres Romeo en Contador "and" Qué Bonito Cacareaba "