Wrapped in sandy soil, this vineyard planted in the year 1900 with ungrafted garnacha is located
in the highest part of San Vicente de la Sonsierra. It is a privilege to be able to make wine from such an old vineyard plot, more than a hundred years’ old. And what’s more, it is a personal challenge to achieve a wine with so much concentration and freshness with the garnacha variety and at an altitude of 750 metres.
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Bodega Contador Benjamin Romeo Coleccion No. 3 El Chozo del Bombon 2015
Original price was: $248.00.$211.00Current price is: $211.00.
Bodega Contador Benjamin Romeo Coleccion No. 4 Garnacha de la Dehesa 2015
Original price was: $248.00.$211.00Current price is: $211.00.
It is a single-varietal Garnacha aged for 18 months in new French oak barrels. It has an intense garnet red color, in the nose it is complex with typical notes of the Garnacha variety, and in the mouth, it is balanced, fresh and fine. It goes well with many meat dishes, from roasted or grilled lamb, white meats with strong sauces, to aromatic and hearty meat stews and pork, lamb, duck, or pheasant stews.
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About brand
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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