Contino Viña del Olivo 2021 | Rioja

Name: Contino Viña del Olivo 2021 | Rioja
Brand: Contino
SKU: 814
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Contino Viña del Olivo 2021 | Rioja

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Viña del Olivo takes its name from a solitary olive tree estimated to be around 700 years old that stands within this roughly six-hectare parcel of the Finca Contino estate in Laserna, Rioja Alavesa. Unlike most of the estate's alluvial soils, this south-facing plot sits on calcareous clay with exceptionally high active limestone content and limestone pebbles. Vines planted in 1980 are dry-farmed without herbicides, and the 2021 blend draws on 69% Tempranillo, 23% Graciano, and 8% Mazuelo.

Grapes were hand-harvested into crates and sorted on a selection table before undergoing spontaneous fermentation in 100-hectolitre French oak vats over 18 days, with malolactic fermentation completed in tank. The wine then aged 17 months in a combination of French (80%) and American (20%) oak, roughly half of it new, followed by two months in large wooden vats prior to bottling at 14% ABV.

El Contino Viña del Olivo 2021 es un vino tinto de la denominación de origen Rioja, elaborado en España por la bodega Contino. Esta añada procede de una parcela específica de seis hectáreas ubicada en Laserna, dentro de Rioja Alavesa. El nombre rinde homenaje a un olivo de unos 700 años que preside el viñedo. A diferencia del resto de la finca, este terroir se caracteriza por un suelo de arcilla calcárea con alto contenido en caliza activa y cantos rodados de piedra caliza, orientación sur y una pendiente del 5-7%. Las uvas provienen de cepas plantadas en 1980 y cultivadas en secano sin herbicidas, con rendimientos muy reducidos.

La composición del ensamblaje es 69% Tempranillo, 23% Graciano y 8% Mazuelo. La vendimia se realiza de forma manual en cajas, seguida de una selección en mesa. La fermentación alcohólica es espontánea en depósitos de roble francés de 100 hectolitros durante 18 días, completándose la fermentación maloláctica también en depósito. La crianza se extiende por 17 meses en barricas de roble francés (80%) y americano (20%), de las cuales un 49% son nuevas. Posteriormente, el vino reposa durante dos meses en grandes fudres antes de su embotellado. El grado alcohólico alcanzado es de 14% vol.

Este vino cuenta con la valoración de críticos especializados: The Wine Advocate le otorga 96 puntos, mientras que Tim Atkin le asigna 99 puntos. Se trata de una elaboración que busca la expresión del terroir calcáreo de Rioja Alavesa mediante un proceso de crianza que integra ambos tipos de roble.

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Viñedos del Contino was founded in 1973 as Rioja's first single-estate winery, a château in the Bordeaux sense. Rumasa was trying to buy the San Rafael estate in Laserna (Laguardia), and its owners, Ricardo Pérez Calvet and his son Ricardo Pérez Villota, went into a 50/50 partnership with CVNE to make wine only from the grapes of that estate. The first Reserva was the 1974; the first single-varietal Graciano came in 1994 and the Gran Reserva in 1996.

The estate sits on a meander of the Ebro in Rioja Alavesa: 62 hectares of vines around a manor house some two hundred years old, with sixteenth-century cellars among the oldest in the region. The name comes from a court office: a contino was one of the hundred soldiers who guarded the royal family.

Viña del Olivo is a plot of about six hectares within the estate, south-facing, on calcareous clay with a very high active-limestone content and limestone pebbles, unlike the alluvial soils that dominate the rest. The vines, planted in 1980, are dry-farmed without herbicides, and rows of Garnacha are interplanted among the old Tempranillo. It takes its name from the centuries-old olive tree that presides over the terrace; the first vintage was 1995.

Fermentation is spontaneous in 100-hectolitre French oak vats and the ageing, around 17 months, combines French and American oak before a spell in foudres. In 2013, after forty years, the Pérez Villota family left the partnership to bottle on their own under the Villota brand; Contino stayed within the CVNE group.

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