Benjamin Romeo - Contador Rioja 2014 (750ml)
Price: $249.99
| Producer | Benjamin Romeo |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Vintage | 2014 |
| Sku | 4715 |
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The key to all work carried out at Bodega Contador is the meticulous attention to an accumulation of details at every stage of the production process, from working the vineyard soil to designing the labels. Benjamin Romeo personally oversees every stage.
Benjamin Romeo Description
The Bodega Contador story starts in 1995 when Benjamin Romeo, winemaker and vine-grower, acquired a centuries old cave hewn into the rock beneath the Castle of San Vicente de la Sonsierra (Rioja). In 1996 he made the first vintage of his “La Cueva del Contador” wine and started to buy vineyards for his plan to become a “bodeguero” - a wine producer.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
There was no 2013 produced, so I tasted the current 2014 Contador, the vintage that follows the 2012. Tasting a new vintage of Contador is always a very intense moment. I had previewed the 2014 when I visited the winery in the summer of 2016, when the wine was very obviously young but showed very promising. All those promises seem to have made it intact into the bottle. It's intense, pungent, ripe without excess, with aromas of spices, exotic woods, balsam, earth, wild flowers and berries. The palate is medium to full-bodied, with fine-grained tannins, a nice texture and pungent and persistent flavors. It has the balance and stuffing to develop nicely in bottle, and it will surely be better in a couple of years.
Vinous: 96 Points
Inky ruby. An explosively perfumed bouquet evokes red and blue fruit liqueur, incense, exotic spices, cola, and floral oils. Stains the palate with sweet, oak-spiced black raspberry, blueberry, fruitcake, and vanilla flavors that stretch out and pick up a smoky mineral element with aeration. Shows a remarkable interplay of richness and energy, revealing no rough edges and conveying a spherical quality to its texture. Rounded, velvety tannins build slowly on an endless spice- and floral-driven finish that leaves a sappy red berry preserve note behind.
James Suckling: 92 Points
Simple bright raspberry and blackcurrant fruits with a violet-like floral edge. The palate has a neat, fine and crunchy feel. Juicy tannins. Nice and fresh. Drink now.
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