Contino reserva 75cl 2018

85% Tempranillo, 5% Garnacha & Mazuela, 10% Graciano.

Contino reserva is een wijn uit Rioja

Contino reserva heeft 24 maanden gerijpt op Frans (50%) en Amerikaans (50%) eiken. 
Contino reserva is een elegante, complexe rode wijn. Rijp fruit, een vleugje kruiden, tabak, cacao, "roasted tones", mooie tannines en een aangename afdronk.
Goede combinatie met rundvlees, lam, stoofschotels, wild, ossehaas, geroosterd/gegrild vlees, jamon en harde kazen. 
Goed op dronk, maar kan zich tenminste tot 2024 nog verrder ontwikkelen.
De optimale drinktemperatuur voor Contino reserva is 16°C. 

The Wine Advocate (about 2016):

"The renewed classical red 2016 Reserva was produced as a blend of 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo. It fermented in small stainless steel and concrete vats and matured in 225-liter French (80%) and American (20%) oak barrels for 18 months. It has a very expressive nose, open, aromatic and showy, a little Rhône-ish. 2016 was a cooler year and they had a long harvest, and it seems like the fruit ripened thoroughly without excess. It's a natural continuation of the 2015, when the wine already had more freshness and better integrated oak. It has a full body and some dusty tannins, finishing dry and tasty. It's ready to drink. There were 281,389 bottles and 3,000 magnums produced. It was bottled in May 2019.."