Bodega Contador La Cueva del Contador 2020

Many 2021s show higher alcohol than the 2020s, but the tannins from the 2020s show a little more rustic and earthier. I guess the warmer year made the grapes for the 2020 La Cueva del Contador ripen faster and earlier and keep lower alcohol, still 14.5%, and more of a red fruit profile. It's aromatic, floral, expressive and showy, with a full mouthfeel, powerful and with great persistence. This should blossom with a couple more years of bottle age.

Youthful purple. A complex, oak-spiced bouquet displays ripe boysenberry and cherry, candied violet, cola and mocha scents lifted by a vibrant mineral flourish. Deeply concentrated yet lively as well, offering intense dark fruit preserve, cola and spicecake flavors that show excellent delineation and floral lift. Manages to be rich as well as lively and finishes very long and alluringly sweet, leaving allspice and vanilla notes behind. (JR) (2/2019)

A fresh and structured red with lots of fresh blackcurrant, blueberry and mineral notes. Hints of chocolate underneath. Full body, firm and concentrated tannins and a long, fresh and flavorful finish. (12/2016)