2012 Benjamin Romeo Rioja Contador

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 95.6 points

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  9/3/2022 - cblinstrub wrote: 91 Points

  Whoops. Opened this way way way to early.

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  8/16/2022 - Philolesen Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Sooo delicious - obviously too young. Ripe black fruit, cedar notes, and lots of oak.

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  8/14/2022 - Vinolsen wrote:

  Solgt til Rasmus F

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  3/4/2022 - rcb25 wrote:

  Tight and big on opening. Lots of cedar notes, asian spices and opulent ripe black and blue fruits. Blueberries, plump blackberries, violets, golden needles. Quite the big wall of French oak with cedar, vanilla, carob, a soupçon of fresh tobacco leaf. Well integrated, fine-grained tannins with medium high acid. A decidedly long, rich, toothsome and mineral mid palate. Regrettably the initial finish seemed to fall steeply off as if someone just shut things off abruptly. Quite a jarring and unenjoyable drinking experience. With about an hour and a half of air that shifted to turn from a hard and fast fade away. Still jarring, but a drastic improvement. An hour after that, even more improvement on the finish, but it is clear that this wine is still partway through its slumber. My original CT comment noted to begin checking in on this starting in 2024. Against my past better judgement, I decided to check in on it early as a dinner companion is fond of Rioja wines. Past me seemed to know better, I should listen to him more often. Very well made and polished wine. Now it just needs time.
  
  This wine is bottled unfined and unfiltered and the car ride to the restaurant stirred up some of that up more. There was some larger sediment on first pours. Though after the bottle was left standing upright, the gross sediment appeared to fall to the bottom leaving a clean wine when poured. If one is planning to drink it in the future, do yourself a favour and stand it upright a day or two ahead and give it a long decant.
  
  ABV: 15.20%
  Closure: long natural cork
  Stem: cheapo restaurant BDX stem
  Decant: N/A
  Extra info: 92% Tempranillo, 4% Graciano and 4% Mazuelo. Aged 19 months in 100% new French oak. 5,900 bottles produced

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  4/9/2017 - elvinet Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Reencuentro con un grande del panorama vinícola español, y ¡gran expectación!
  Color granate picota bien cubierto, ribete granatoso violáceo oscuro, capa bien alta y densa lágrima suavemente tintada. Notable intensidad en nariz con inmensos aromas de fruta negra bien madura, compota de grosellas negras, arándanos negros y moras dulzonas y carnosas, marcados tostados de la barrica pero bien conjuntados con la densidad de la fruta, especias en granos con predominio de la pimienta negra y la pimienta rosa, hierbas del monte con abundante tomillo, canela y vainilla en rama, tinta china, regaliz negro, balsámico con recuerdos de mentolados y eucalipto fresco, hoja de tabaco fresca, suave toque mineral de fondo junto con recuerdos de tierra húmeda. Notable entrada en boca con una carnosidad galopante, muy sabroso con una fruta bien madura que llena toda la boca, intenso, amplio, notable volumen, muy buena acidez, tostados de la barrica bien presentes y un tanino que le aporta estructura y fuerza, especias en grano, regaliz negro y suave toque mentolado que refresca el conjunto, chocolate negro, potente e intensa persistencia. Final bien largo, postgusto de fruta negra muy madura y retronasal ahumado y de regaliz negro.
  Una añada que aún dará mucho de qué hablar.
  ¡Cómo ha crecido!
  
  More information in: http://www.elvi.net/2017/04/09/contador-2012/

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