Contador Benjamin Romeo 2004

Having been the winemaker at revered Rioja producer, Artadi, for 15 years, Benjamin Romeo began his solo project, Bodega Contador, in 1995. His flagship wine, Contador, is produced from 100% Tempranillo sourced from three parcels of vines ranging between 60 and 80 years of age. The 2004 is an incredibly exuberant yet immensely structured release only just emerging into its prime drinking window. Dense, rich and impeccably balanced, it offers up sumptuous notes of crème de cassis, black cherry, dark chocolate, coffee, liquorice and exotic spices. Decant well in advance of serving as this will require plenty of aeration and was bottled unfined and unfiltered.