In the glass
Aroma: black cherry, cassis, mocha, cedar, mineral
Palate: concentrated dark fruit, fine tannin, graphite, savoury
The estate's prestige red from a plot beside an ancient olive tree: dense, polished and mineral, aged in new French oak, the flagship of the Laserna estate.
What it pairs with
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Venison loin
Dark game meets the wine's concentrated cassis and graphite. -
Chuleton de buey a la brasa
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A char-grilled beef chop for the estate flagship. -
Aged hard cheese
Crystalline cheese sharpens the mineral finish.
History
Vina del Olivo is the estate's prestige red from a parcel beside a centuries-old olive tree, aged in new French oak.
- 1995 — First Vina del Olivo vintage
Facts
- Producer
- Vinedos del Contino
- Grapes
- Tempranillo (90%), Graciano (10%)
- Classification
- DOCa Rioja
- Oak
- Around 18 months in new French oak
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- EUR 55 to 90 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1995
Scores
- Tim Atkin 95 (2016 vintage, reviewed 2022)