In the glass
Aroma: black cherry, blackberry, mocha, violet, spice
Palate: dark fruit, fine tannin, mineral, savoury
The second wine of Contador, from old-vine Tempranillo: dense, polished and powerful but more approachable, sharing the estate's mocha-and-cassis signature.
What it pairs with
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Chuleton de buey
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Aged-beef chop frames the wine's fine tannin and dark fruit. -
Venison loin
Dark game meets the cassis-and-mocha density. -
Aged Manchego
Hard cheese balances the structured frame.
History
La Cueva del Contador is the second wine of the estate, named for the cave cellar, made from old-vine Tempranillo.
- 1999 — La Cueva del Contador established as the estate second wine
Facts
- Producer
- Bodega Contador
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (100%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 16 months in French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 45 to 80 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1999
Scores
- Tim Atkin 94 (2018 vintage, reviewed 2021)