Product Details
Varietal | Tempranillo |
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Vintage | 2001 |
Rating | 98 RP |
Bottle Size | 750 ml |
Bottle Quantity | 1 |
Country | Spain |
Region | Rioja |
Location | |
Producer | Benjamin Contador |
Color | Red |
Wine Type | Table |
Robert Parker
Rating | 98 RP - Romeo's flagship cuvee (only 200 bottles for the USA) is the fabulous 2001 Contador. Along with some of the Artadi offerings, it is as great a Rioja as one could ever hope to taste. Fashioned from three parcels of 80-year old, 70-year old, and 65-year old vines, it spends 12 months in new French oak prior to being bottled without fining or filtration. It boasts a dense purple color along with a sumptuous nose of melted chocolate, espresso roast, creme de cassis, cherries, and flowers. Dense and full-bodied as well as impeccably seamless, pure, and balanced, this is a beauty! There is no doubt that Benjamin Romeo is a perfectionist when it comes to winemaking. He worked at Artadi between 1985 and 2000, and now has his own small project where he makes limited quantities of super-expensive, but also high quality, limited production Rioja. RP |
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Winery Details
Varietal | Tempranillo |
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Vintage | 2001 |
Rating | 98 RP |
Bottle Size | 750 ml |
Bottle Quantity | 1 |
Country | Spain |
Region | Rioja |
Location | |
Producer | Benjamin Contador |
Color | Red |
Wine Type | Table |