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Contino Garnacha

The 2021 Contino Garnacha has earned its place in The World of Fine Wine’s handpicked collection of tasting notes, featuring insights from the world’s foremost wine authorities. Explore in-depth commentary from wine experts Andrew Jefford, Tim Atkin and Simon Field on Contino Garnacha - an internationally acclaimed red from Rioja.
Contino Garnacha
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Wine Name
Contino Garnacha

Wine Producer
Viñedos del Contino - CVNE

Score
87

Wine Style
Red

Grape Type
Grenache

Country
Spain

Vintage
2019

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Tim Atkin | Modern, slightly closed nose, with a hint of good reduction. Very much a genérico style, with one eye on the future. Lots of primary fruit, with good concentration, bramble, tangerine, red-cherry flavors, and sinewy tannins. This still needs time. | 90

Simon Field | Full ruby robe, bright and confident of hue. The nose is a little reticent, at least to start with, but with time the bosky, dusty notes dissipate gradually, and the palate has a stone-fruit gravitas, a subtle linearity, which repays a second taste. This is still quite tight and youthful, primary and nascent, the clasp of oak hitherto domineering. | 88

Andrew Jefford | Deep though translucent purple-red. Warm, sweet, almost doughy plum fruits on the nose. On the palate, by contrast, the sweetness is nowhere evident. The appeal of this simple wine is its fresh, almost shocking sourness and bite. | 82

Details

Wine expert Andrew Jefford
Tim Atkin
Simon Field
Tastings year 2021
Region Rioja
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