The Winery

Contino

Tasting notes

Look

Ruby red middle layer.

Smell

Great expression of aromas, ripe red fruits, cherries and currants, with notes of menthol, camphor and minerals, spices and balsamic light tips.

Taste

thicker texture with a sweet tooth and creamy on the palate, fine tannins and good fruit load wood, good persistence and harmonious finish.

Information

Ageing

Reserva
Appellation

Rioja
Grape

Garnacha
Country

Spain
Recommended Pairing

Grilled pork, Cheeses, Sausages, Meats
Zones

La Rioja
Alcohol

14%
Ocasiones

Impresiona a tu cuñado
VIVINO Points

3,9
Tipo de Vino

Tinto

Contino Garnacha

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Vintage

2021

Size

Bottle 75cl.

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Description of Contino Garnacha

Contino Garnacha red wine is from D. O. La Rioja produced by the Contino winery. A single-variety wine of Grenache from the Laserna area, in Rioja Alavesa. This vintage, marked by the frosts of April 27th that did not affect the Contino vineyards, has given rise to an authentic, complex and elegant wine that combines the fruit with floral notes and a fresh and mineral end. It is now presented with a renewed label and in a Bordeaux bottle.

Ideal pairing

Meats
Sausages
Cheeses
Grilled pork

Making notes Contino Garnacha

Notas del Viñedo

Vineyards of the Contino form a set in which vineyards and wines are integrated, establishing around an anatigua manor house, in a meander of the Ebro (Pajera, Central and Lentisco) .Sus wines are obtained only from the vineyards planted in their 62 hanes, Located in Laserna, Laguardia lands, in La Rioja Alavesa. Calcareous land of the Pajera, the alluvial of Central and Pedregoso in Lentisco.All them vineyards in a glass that provide an exceptional garnacha.

Making notes

The Garnacha was manually harvested on September 14, making selection in the field and at the selection table upon arrival at the winery. Encourted in French oak wood, where a preterior maceration is performed until the fermentation starts in a way spontaneous After 8 days, the alcoholic fermentation comes to an end, but the Garnacha remains in the Tino for 15 more days. 14 months aging in barrel of 400 and 500 liters.

Climatología

Add difficult marked by the ice cream of the night of April 27, which did not affect the Vineyards of Contino. Fresh year, with 7% less rainfall than in 2016. The start of sprouting took place on March 15, flowering on May 20 and the end of the curd on June 14.