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Uutiset
2014/ It is a year with little rainfall during the whole vegetative cycle but well distributed in the critical phases of the crop with total rainfall of 368 l/m2 within the average of the last four years. Autumn and winter of mild temperatures, not very severe frost in January and February and warm Spring and Summer. The sprouting has been early, beginning on March 20th, flowering on May 29th, beginning of the set on June 3rd and veraison on J...
Viinin Kuvailu
The Story
Contino, the first Rioja château 1973, impelled by CVNE and the owners of the 62-hectare property located in the Rioja Alavesa. The history of the property dates from the 16th century, and is reflected in its name. The “contino” was the officer in charge of a guard corps of a hundred soldiers who protected the royal family "de contino” (continuously) from the times of the Catholic Monarchs onwards. According to the tradition, Saint Gregory, th...
Wine Information
Attractive cherry colour, the nose is opulent, intense and very complex with predominant aromas of black and red fruits well integrated with toasted hints from the oak.
On the palate, the wine is powerful, polished and well balanced with silky tannins which caress the mouth and are followed by a long finish.