A Taste of Contino

Tasted Friday, October 18, 2013 by Martin Redmond with 292 views

Flight 1 (1 Note)

  • 2009 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Garnacha Rioja 89 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

    Promising strawberry, cherry, spice and a hint of dried rose aromas. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, and bright with medium acidity. It shows charming strawberry, cherry, and spice flavors, and a lingering finish. Aged for 12 months in second use barrels (soaked in wine with white 2007) and then aged 12 months in oak casks.

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  • 2007 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Contino Reserva 91 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

    Alluring black and red fruits, smoke, leather, and floral aromas. On the palate, it's medium bodied with supple tannins, well integrated oak, and a bit of minerality with black cherry, strawberry and spice flavors, and a lingering finish. Raised in French and American oak.

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  • 2005 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Contino Gran Reserva 91 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

    Appealing black cherry, plum, anise, leather, cedarwood and vanilla aromas. On the palate, it's medium bodied and well structured, and polished with a silky texture. It shows black cherry, red plum, caramel, and spice flavors, and a long sweet finish. Blend of 70% Tempranillo and equal parts Garnacha and Graciano. Should continue to get better with further cellaring. From magnum (only format available)

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  • 2009 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Contino Variedad Graciano 92 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

    Alluring blueberry, cassis, white pepper, dried herb, warm spice, and floral aromas. On the palate, it's medium bodied, and well structured with bright, focused fruit, very good acidity and chewy tannins. It shows blueberry, black currant, and spice flavors. Long finish.

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  • 2009 Bodegas y Viñedos del Contino Rioja Viña del Olivo 92 Points

    Spain, La Rioja, La Rioja Alavesa, Rioja

    Exuberant black fruit, warm spice, and mineral aromas. On the palate, it's medium bodied, harmonious, and masculine, yet refined with youthful tannins and blackberry, black cherry, warm spice, mineral flavors. Long finish. Blend of Tempranillo (88%) and Graciano (12%) grapes aged for 17 months in 70% French, 20% American, and 10% Hungarian oak barrels. The hand-harvested grapes are grown around a 1000 year old olive tree - hence the name.

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