2012 | Contador Benjamin Romeo | La Vina de Andres Romeo

Description

Red Wine: 2012 | Contador Benjamin Romeo | La Vina de Andres Romeo

The wine has a very expressive, deep and pure nose, spicy, vinous character and dark ripe fruit. Great texture and exceptionally salty.

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Producer: Contador Benjamin Romeo

Ratings: WA | 93

Vintage: 2012

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Tempranillo

Country/Region: Spain, Rioja

The wine has a very expressive, deep and pure nose, spicy, vinous character and dark ripe fruit. Great texture and exceptionally salty.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: Within its riper and showier personality, the 2012 La Vina de Andres Romeo is the cuvee produced with the grapes from the vineyard that Romeo’s father Andres planted 40 years ago with Tempranillo. The wine fermented in a single 10,000-liter oak vat with natural yeast and went through malolactic in barrel, followed by 19 months in brand new French oak barrels. You can see the quality of the fruit here that is able to stand up to the oak and the aromas are primarily from the grapes, with perfumed notes of flowers and a juicy palate with very fine tannins, in a Burgundian way. 4,000 bottles produced.

Producer Information

Bodega Contador is a modern wine producer in Rioja, Spain. Its flagship wine, Contador, is one of Spain’s most consistently high-priced wines, on par with Pingus and Vega Sicilia. Made predominantly from Tempranillo and aged in French oak, Contador is known for being full-bodied, fruit-driven and rich. The estate was established in 1995 when Artadi winemaker Benjamin Romeo purchased a cellar under the Castle of San Vicente de la Sonsierra in Rioja, some 35km (21 miles) northwest of Logroño. Romeo began to buy vineyards in the area, making the wines in his parents’ garage and aging his wines in barrel in the cellar. Romeo’s production initially began with the La Cueva del Contador label in 1996, and the first vintage of Contador was in 1999. The 2004 and 2005 vintages of the latter went on to receive 100-point scores from Robert Parker, cementing the wine’s in-demand status.