Contino Reserva 2018
Descripción
Vino clásico riojano elaborada a base de Tempranillo, Graciano, Mazuelo y Garnacha que nos ofrece aromas expresivos y cuerpo e intensidad en boca. Avalado año a año por crítica y público, estamos antes uno de los tintos de Rioja más importante del mercado.
Ficha técnica
Cata
Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
Black cherries with cedar and dried flowers, as well as dusty earth. It’s medium-to full-bodied with firm tannins that are long and polished. Lots of structure. Very typical and focused. Drinkable now, but better in 2024.
This deep-ruby-colored wine has a bouquet of black cherry, clove and butterscotch. It is surprisingly soft on the palate, with filigree tannins and flavors of ripe summer cherry, blackberry, milk chocolate, fennel bulb and violet.
I tasted two vintages of the estate red that represents the blend and the character of the place. The 2018 Reserva comes from a cooler year and is a blend of 86% Tempranillo, 6% Mazuelo, 6% Graciano and 2% Garnacha with 14.12% alcohol and a pH of 3.48. The grapes ripened thoroughly and the wine is tasty but has a vibrant palate with freshness and depth. It has a classical nose and is complex and spicy with an earthy touch, a little developed and with fine-grained tannins. Very tasty. It spent 18 months in oak barrels, 90% of them French and 10% American; they are reducing the amount of American oak in this wine. 290,998 bottles and 3,500 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2021.
Contino's Reserva combines fruit from a series of "micro-plots" on this single estate, partnering Tempranillo with 14% Mazuelo, Graciano and Garnacha. Spicy, rich and perfumed, with some of the focus of a cooler year in a warmer site, this is sweetly wooded, Mediterranean herb scented and built to last. 2024-32.
La bodega
Contino
Superficie total de viñedo: 62 ha.
Añadas: 2018 2017 2016 2015
Suavemente afrutado, ligero y fácil de beber. Taninos equilibrados que le permiten maridar con pescados y carnes. Un gran rioja.
Es un vino excelente todo un clásico y uno de mis favoritos
Vin onctueux, plein et bien vinifié: le résultat d'un travail sérieux et appliqué.
Excelente uno de mis favoritos lo guardo para las grandes ocasiones
Je, je. Contino es grande. En “el olivo”, y en su reserva. Lleva años con su seriedad desde unas viñas ¿Rioja alavesas?