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Rioja Alavesa
Contino Reserve
75cl bottle - 2020
Contino Reserva is made from hand-selected grapes from various micro-plots in the Viñedos del Contino estate, located in a meander of the Ebro River. After manual harvesting and optical selection, fermentation takes place in small tanks, followed by 18 months of aging in French and American oak barrels. The 2020 vintage stands out for its complexity, with notes of black fruit balanced with oak aging, offering a silky wine with great aging potential.
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Production Zone
Rioja Alavesa
Type of wine
Red
Winery
Vineyards of the Contino
Aging
Reserva
Format
75cl
Grape variety used
Tempranillo: 85 % | Graciano: 10% | Garnacha and Mazuelo: 5%
Alcohol content
13,5%
Characteristics of the vineyard
Manual selection of the best micro-plots of the estate. Plots with notable differences, not in terms of orientation, but in terms of soil characteristics. Always in search of the perfect connection between them, within a privileged environment, Viñedos del Contino.
Thanks to the variety of soils found in the meander of the Ebro River, where the estate is located, we can find the different nuances that make the grapes of Viñedos del Contino Reserva so complex.
Winemaking characteristics
Harvested by hand on 300 kg pallets, taken directly from the vineyard to be refrigerated for 24 hours at 12º. After this, processed the following day thanks to an optical sorting machine, a crucial moment for the classification of the grape quality.
Fermentation in small stainless steel and concrete tanks, with reduced capacities, which allows us to elaborate each micro-plot separately according to its optimum state of maturity.
Aging of 18 months in 95% French and 5% American oak 225-liter barrels.
Harvest data
The 2020 vintage has been an early harvest, where climate change is a visible fact and has made itself felt. An early harvest, with a very interesting ripening, marked by high yields in the vineyard.
The high rainfall, with above-average values, was key to the grape harvest. The high rainfall, with above-average values, was key to the grape harvest, as there were episodes of rain both before and during the harvest. This resulted in a thickening of the berries and a consequent increase in bunch weight.
This season was characterized by moderate temperatures throughout the entire cycle. Harvest dates were between September 2 and October 8.
Tasting notes
This is a wine that perfectly expresses and reflects the San Rafael estate, where Viñedos del Contino is located. It expresses the liveliness of our vines, the fluid character of our soils and the great complexity of the universe of micro-plots into which the estate is divided. In addition, in this 2020 we find a wine with great potential to progress over time.
The nose is reminiscent of black fruit notes, very well balanced with the expression of its oak aging. Both on the palate and in the aftertaste it is a fluid, silky wine with personality and reserve character.
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