Bodega Contador La Cueva del Contador 2016

La Cueva del Contador 2016 Optimal consumption period: 2019 – 2026 Producer: Vinos de Benjamín Romeo, Bodega Contador – Rioja Variety: 91% Tempranillo, 9% Garnacha – old vines over 40-60 years C -dark ruby Smell: very fine and spicy, with notes of black fruit, with mineral and balsamic tints Taste: extraordinarily elegant, freshly balanced and velvety, with spicy black fruit aromas, a beautiful minerality, elegant notes of oak, textured tannins and incredibly long finish Gastronomic recommendations: Jamon Iberico, smoked meat, grilled vegetables, pizza with tomato sauce, grilled meat, Mexican dishes, matured cheeses Alcohol: 14.5% temperature-18 ° C Total acidity: 5.60 g / l pH: 3.51 Number of bottle produced: 11.000 We recommend decanting it two hours before consuming it or passing it through the aerator Winds . The Cave is it is the second wine of the domain: a modern Rioja that faithfully expresses its terroir. Fermented in oak vats. Matured for 19 months in new French oak barrels. Unclear and unfiltered. 95 Parker Points: “A wine I haven’t tasted in a while and one of my favorites. The 2016 edition is made from selected Tempranillo grapes from 40-60 years old vines and fermented in small oak vats with native yeasts, then matured for 18 months in French oak barrels. It is the most elegant and fragrant of the wines made in the modern style, with phenolic maturity, concentrated and strong of the house. It seems to be a very concentrated Burgundy wine, which combiness elegance and strength. It was bottle in May 2018. ” Benjamín Romeo works 75 lots totaling 47 hectares of vineyards, with vines 15 to over 110 years old. The vineyard’s annual production is 150,000 bottle. ” the rocks below the Castle of San Vicente de la Sonsierra in Rioja. Here he would produce in 1996 the first edition of his first wine, “La Cueva del Contador”. In the same year, he bought the first vines that would help him fulfill his dream of becoming a “bodeguero”, that is, a wine producer. In the following years, he continued to buy vines and produce small quantities of wine. Then, in 1999, he published the first edition of “Contador” . In 2000, seeing the favorable reaction of critics and consumers, he decided to dedicate himself entirely to this personal project. To this end, in 2001, he repaired and equipped his parents’ garage in San Vicente, thus increasing his production capacity. Here, he continues to produce wine until 2007, when his “garage” stage ends. Not before, however, to be rewarded twice, in 2004 and 2005, with 100 Parker points for Contador! This unprecedented performance of Spanish wine strengthened its prestige and propelled it to the international market. Between 2004 and 2006, Benjamin Romeo worked with architect Hector Herrera to design his new winery in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Located in the middle of the vineyards that make up Bodega Contador, it was completed in 2008. The three terraces of the winery mirror the slopes of the place and make it possible to handle grapes and wine by force of gravity. The vineyards located on some of the best terroirs in Rioja are divided into 80 small plots, being cultivated mostly with Tempranillo. From here are born these rare wines, true masterpieces of subtlety, finesse, minerality and elegance. No wonder their creator has become a landmark in the international guild of wine producers.