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Contino Reserva

Contino Reserva is made with carefully selected grapes from our own vineyards, which surround the Finca de San Rafael, were hand harvested with a high level of selection in the field and at a point of perfect ripeness. De-stemming was followed by a pre-fermentation cold soak of 24-48 hours. Alcoholic fermentation began spontaneously in the 12,000 litre stainless steel vats at a temperature of 26-28ºC. There followed a post-fermentation maceration with pumping over until racking. Malolactic fermentation also occurred spontaneously.

The wine was then aged for 18 months in oak barrels of which 20% were American and 80% French, and following which the wine completed its ageing in bottle in the cellars of the winery until its release. 

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DATA SHEET

Name of the Wine
Contino Reserva
Winery
Viñedos del Contino
Region of Production
Rioja
Year
2018
Grape Variety
85% tempranillo
10% graciano
5% mazuelo

TECHNICAL DETAILS

2018
“Viñedos del Contino was born in 1973, establishing the “château” concept in the Rioja region. Its wines are made exclusively from the vines planted on its 62 hectares. The estate’s vineyards embrace its ancestral home within a meander in the River Ebro, located in Laserna, near the village of Laguardia in the Rioja Alavesa winemaking region ”
DISCOVER MORE Contino Gran Reserva “Contino Gran Reserva is made from a universe of micro-plots in the area around Viñedos del Contino, which are mainly differentiated from one another by their soils. (alluvial, clay-limestone, saline and sandy)”
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