Vinedos Alonso del Yerro Paydos, Toro, Spain

阿隆索德?tīng)栆_酒莊佩多斯紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：1956

The Toro wine is the 2018 Paydos that carries a new, much more elegant and clean label, somewhat reflecting the subtle shift in style toward fresher wines while keeping the Toro character. This was cropped from a cooler and wetter year when they picked the grapes on September 20, grapes that were vinified in 5,000-liter tank with indigenous yeasts and a small percentage of full clusters. The wine matured for 15 months in French oak barrels, 20% of them new. It's aromatic and expressive, showing the ripe Toro character, with power and elegance, integrated oak and quite fruit-driven. It's juicy and round, with ripe tannins and a soft but full mouthfeel. 8,000 bottles were filled in March 2020.

I retasted the jammy 2017 Paydos, the wine produced in Toro, reflecting a warm and dry year with high ripeness and the customary 14.5% alcohol. This comes from 80-year-old vines in Morales de Toro where they managed to escape the killer frost from the year. It matured in 20% new barrels for 15 months. It's evolving nicely and slowly, keeping the juicy, jammy, fruit-driven and ripe character from the year with ripe fruit flavors in the finish. 5,700 bottles were filled in March 2019.

The only wine produced with grapes that are not from their vineyards in the village of Roa in Ribera del Duero is, in fact, from the neighboring Toro, where they bought some old vines in the village of Morales de Toro. I tasted the 2016 Paydos, which they say is a vintage of change toward more freshness. It fermented in 5,000-liter vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in French oak barrels for 13 months. The place is warmer and riper than Ribera del Duero, and the wines are always a little higher in alcohol and riper, but it still feels balanced in its XL style. It's quite aromatic and expressive, a little more Mediterranean, with notes of fennel and herbs, really different from the wines from the earlier vintages (2008 was the first wine produced), and, in fact, they told me the change in the style of their wines originated in Toro. Finesse (with character) is possible there. 5,000 bottles were filled in February 2018.

The younger and riper 2015 Paydos is a tad more concentrated and shows more tannins, and the fruit is also darker than the 2014 I tasted next to it. 2015 is a powerful vintage, and this wine shows highish alcohol and lowish acidity. It's still quite tannic and would benefit from some more time in bottle and/or powerful food. 6,000 bottles were filled in May 2017.

I tasted two vintages of the Toro wines from Ribera del Duero's Alonso del Yerro, starting with the slightly cooler 2014 Paydos. This is still a ripe and powerful Tinta de Toro (aka Tempranillo); it's generously oaked and quite classical, with a medium to full body and abundant, fine grained tannins. It has the chalky texture of limestone, with a dry and long finish. 4,600 bottles were filled in May 2016.