Cuentaviñas Alomado

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. 4,984 bottles were filled June 2021.