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Contador 2005 75cl

DOCa | Rioja | Spain
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Critics scores
100 By Robert Parker
The 2005 Contador was selected from three parcels ranging in age from 65-80 years. Malolactic fermentation occurred in new oak followed by 12 months of barrel aging. Opaque purple/black, it has a great brooding nose of crushed stone, truffle, pencil lead, black cherry, and blackberry. Rich, layered, and opulent, on the palate the wine is dense, thick, and tightly wound. Impressively long, this wine demands 12-15 years of further cellaring. It should show at its best between 2020 and 2045. Words can barely do justice to how singular these wines are. They must be tasted to be believed.
Producer
Bodega Contador
We are excited to offer for the first time the wines from Bodega Contador, one of the most exciting and dynamic estates from Spain today. Owned and produced by Benjamin Romeo, long-time head winemaker at Artadi, the domaine exploded onto the Spanish wine scene in 2000, when his inaugural vintage of Contador was released, wowing Robert Parker and capturing 98 points. Since, he has been attracting worldwide media attention and many impressive scores - almost all in the mid- to high 90s (and beyond). We are currently offering three of his wines - all exceptional and delicious: La Cueva, a wine which combines elegance and power and is produced from free-run juice from multiple vineyard sites; La Viña De Andres Romeo, produced from a single vineyard site which is renowned for its intense, rich wines; and finally his pièce de resistance, Contador, a tour de force and the ultimate expression of his old vines and terroir. These incredible wines are some of Spain's greatest (limited production) bottles and well worth discovering.