
2012 Bodegas Contador - Benjamin Romeo 'La Cueva del Contador'
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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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Details
- Drinking Window
- 2015 - 2026
- 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
- 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
- Drinking Window
- 2015 - 2026
- Alcohol ABV
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14.7%
- Sweetness
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Dry
- Acidity TA
-
5.6 g/L
- Acidity pH
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3.61
- 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.
Read more
Critics Scores & Reviews
(8)User Ratings
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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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