2005 Benjamin Romeo Rioja Contador

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.4 points

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  5/24/2024 - WildeMeeuw Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Kleur: Diep opaak donkerrood. Aroma / bouquet: Een in eerste instantie wat gesloten neus. Na enige tijd indrukken van zacht rood fruit, een bijna Grenache-achtig bouquet, sigarenkistjes, gedroogd donker fruit. Smaak / Afdronk: Een aangename, subtiel frisse zuurgraad, prachtig ggerijpte maar stoere tannines emt een verfijnd bittertje, veel dikte en concentratie, waardoor de 14,5% alcohol in niets domineert. Bijzondere combinatie van power en finesse, een vuistslag met een fluwelen handschoen. Algemeen / potentieel: Grootse wijn, maar op dit moment nog niet optimaal. Nog ZEKER!!!! 4 jaar laten liggen. 50 + Kleur: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 12 + Smaak / Afdronk: 19 + Algemeen / potentieel: 9 = 95/100
  
  Colour: Deep opaque dark red. Aroma / bouquet: An initially somewhat closed nose. After some time, impressions of soft red fruit, an almost Grenache-like bouquet, cigar boxes, dried dark fruit. Taste / Aftertaste: A pleasant, subtly fresh acidity, beautifully ripened but sturdy tannins with a refined bitterness, lots of thickness and concentration, so that the 14.5% alcohol does not dominate in any way. Special combination of power and finesse, a punch with a velvet glove. General / potential: Great wine, but not yet optimal. Still DEFINITELY!!!! Leave for 4 years. 50 + Colour: 5 + Aroma / bouquet: 12 + Taste / Aftertaste: 19 + General / potential: 9 = 95/100

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  7/23/2023 - apg23 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Dark, closed, intense without being too much of any. A moody wine.

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  6/23/2022 - bookert wrote: 90 Points

  Well made wine but modern and oaked, making it lose some of its Rioja identity. Maybe too young as well

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  3/24/2012 - RussK wrote: 91 Points

  RussK WW@Seville Manny's Tasting. This flight seemed too young to me.

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  3/8/2008 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 96 Points

  Clos Mogador / Benjamin Romeo Tasting (Rheingau Gourmet & Wine Festival Hattenheim, Germany): Rich and powerful, very closed, completely absorbed new oak, masculine and structured, fleshy, beautiful style, high alcohol but not port-like - on the contrary quite playful and very classy. In a league of its own in this tasting.

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