The four red Rioja grapes form part of this collection, planted in different years, with an average age of 50. This plot is in a special location, because while in the higher part of San Vicente de la Sonsierra, it feels protected from the wind by a hill, and this is repaid by good ripening. Low yield, good health and high concentration. This wine is all about tradition: balanced ripening and very long cask-ageing.


Bodega Contador Benjamin Romeo Coleccion No. 2 Carmen Hilera 2012
$248.00 Original price was: $248.00.$235.00Current price is: $235.00.
It is made from the Tempranillo, Garnacha, Mazuelo and Graciano grape varieties, aged for 30 months in French oak barrels and then remained in the bottle for 36 months before being marketed. On sight it has a ruby red color, on the nose it is elegant with notes of ripe fruit and toasted touches, and in the mouth, it is tasty, long, and persistent. Ideal to accompany roasted red and white meats, Iberian sausages, and risottos.
3,000 bottles produced
Tempranillo 76%, Garnacha 11%, Graciano 8% and Mazuelo 5%
Only 1 left in stock
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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.
In the following years he carried out small scale vinifications in the cave and continued to acquire vineyards. In 1999 he made the first vintage of “Contador”. Seeing these first wines favourably received by the market and specialist press, in 2000 Benjamin decided to dedicate himself full time to his personal project.
Throughout 2001 Benjamin Romeo reconditioned and equipped the garage at his parents’ home in San Vicente for winemaking, thereby increasing the vinification capacity over what was possible in the cave.
The North American wine critic Robert Parker’s Review awarded maximum points (100) to the 2004 and 2005 vintages of Contador, made in the garage. This accolade, hitherto unknown in Spain, hugely increased the label’s international prestige.
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