In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Aalto, Ribera del Duero, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Red spain - red in 1x150cl. Top critic score: 94/100 (LG). Drinking window: 2023+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Luis Gutiérrez (LG) — 94/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 31/01/2023 · Drink 2023 - 2028
The nose of the red 2020 Aalto comes blasting with tons of toasted oak, spice, smoke and more toast, ripe berries and a luxurious creaminess like the finest modern wines from the turn of the century. This is predictable but exactly what their customers are looking for, with ripe berries, generous oak and a velvety palate with volume, soft tannins and mellow acidity. It matured in French and Ameri…
James Suckling (JS) — 93/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 08/09/2022 · Drink 2024+
Fine spice and vanilla to the blackberries, mussels, sandalwood, minerals, black walnuts and dark chocolate. Quite well-judged and balanced on the palate, showing a mid-palate that is about freshness, fruit and fluidity, together with tight, nicely grippy tannins. Juicy, chewy and long. Drinkable now, but better from 2024.