2012 Bodegas Contador - Benjamin Romeo 'La Cueva del Contador'
Rioja DOCa, Spain
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- Most Recent Global Avg Price (ex-tax)
- $ 88 / 750ml
- From October 2025
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4.5 from 4 User Ratings
- 8 Critic Reviews
- Style Red - Savory and Classic
- Grape Variety Tempranillo
- Food Pairing Lamb
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Critic tasting note: (2012 vintage) "Wonderful aromas of dark fruits, orange peel and perfumes. Full body, integrated tannins, solid depth of fruit and a long finish. A beautiful wine. 100% tempranillo aged in new French oak. Drink or hold." - James Suckling
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2012 Case of 3 Btls
2012 Bodegas Contador - Benjamin Romeo 'La Cueva del Contador' - Rioja - 3 Bottles (0.75L)
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Details
About the Product
- Drinking Window
- 2015 - 2026
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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14.7%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Acidity TA
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5.6 g/L
- Acidity pH
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3.61
Production Attributes
Unfiltered · Unfined
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Harvest date
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1 October - 4 October
- Total Production Volume
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6900 Bottles
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Harvest Notes
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Harvesting is by hand, with experienced pickers. Grapes are transported in 14 kilo cases and the period from picking to arriving in the winery is a maximum of half an hour.
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- Winemaking
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Bunches of grapes are hand selected in the winery and, after destemming, individual grapes are hand selected. Those grapes that pass the selection process are raised in small containers up to the mouth of the fermentation vessels. Fermentation is temperature controlled in 10,000 litre truncated conical French oak vessels. Emptying the fermentation vessels and filling the barrels are both done by gravity. Malolactic fermentation is in new French oak barrels.
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Suggested Dishes to Pair With This Wine
- Lamb kreatopita Starter Course
- Meat in filo pastry
- Contains: lamb mince
- Greek
- Lamb leg and shoulder Main Course
- With fondant potatoes, green garlic puree and lamb jus
- Western
- Basque bone-in-sirloin Main Course
- Western
- Manchego Cheese Course
- Spanish
Details
About the Product
- Drinking Window
- 2015 - 2026
Analytical Data
- Alcohol ABV
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14.7%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Acidity TA
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5.6 g/L
- Acidity pH
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3.61
Production Attributes
Unfiltered · Unfined
- Maturation
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Oaked
- Oak Type
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French
- Harvest date
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1 October - 4 October
- Total Production Volume
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6900 Bottles
- Closure Type
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Cork
- Harvest Notes
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Harvesting is by hand, with experienced pickers. Grapes are transported in 14 kilo cases and the period from picking to arriving in the winery is a maximum of half an hour.
Read more
- Winemaking
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Bunches of grapes are hand selected in the winery and, after destemming, individual grapes are hand selected. Those grapes that pass the selection process are raised in small containers up to the mouth of the fermentation vessels. Fermentation is temperature controlled in 10,000 litre truncated conical French oak vessels. Emptying the fermentation vessels and filling the barrels are both done by gravity. Malolactic fermentation is in new French oak barrels.
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Critics Scores & Reviews
(8)2012 vintage
93 / 100
8 scores
95 - 100
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90 - 94
6
85 - 89
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80 - 84
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75 - 79
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0 - 74
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When to drink: 2015 to 2026
2012 Vintage
Tasted: Jul 2015
Wonderful aromas of dark fruits, orange peel and perfumes. Full body, integrated tannins, solid depth of fruit and a long finish. A beautiful wine. 100% tempranillo aged in new French oak. Drink or hold.
2012 Vintage
Tasted: Jul 2014
Colour: Cherry, garnet rim;Aroma: spicy, creamy oak, toasty, complex, dark chocolate, red berry notes;Flavour: powerful, flavourful, toasty, round tannins;
2012 Vintage
Tasted: May 2015
When to drink: 2015
to 2025
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User Ratings
(4)4.5
4 ratings
Excellent
2012 Vintage Saved: 20-Dec-2020
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Critics Score
Avg. Price (ex-tax)
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93 / 100
$ 89
2024
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2023
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2022
94 / 100
$ 111
2021
94 / 100
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2020
94 / 100
$ 81
2019
93 / 100
$ 92
2018
93 / 100
$ 79
2017
94 / 100
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2016
93 / 100
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2015
93 / 100
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2014
94 / 100
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2013
93 / 100
$ 60
2012
93 / 100
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2011
93 / 100
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2010
92 / 100
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2009
93 / 100
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2008
92 / 100
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2007
90 / 100
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2006
93 / 100
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2005
93 / 100
$ 155
2004
92 / 100
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2003
89 / 100
$ 105
2002
91 / 100
$ 85
2001
92 / 100
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2000
90 / 100
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1998
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2012 Vintage: Spain Learn more
Vintage quality: Good
Current condition: Ready to drink
For Spain, 2012 was a mixed bag but some very good wines were made.
Most of the country had been suffering under a drought, which had begun the previous year. The hot, arid conditions cut yields but also concentrated the surviving grapes. The heat also kept the grapes re...
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