Red wine Spanish wine wine
Contino, Viña del Olivo 2019
RRP
£70 per bottle
- UK Stockist
95
- Tasted on
- 08/10/2025
- Tasted by
- David Kermode
- Tasted in
- London
An elegant, top-flight Rioja from a single plot in Alavesa, named in honour of an ancient olive tree in the 700-year-old vineyard. A blend of Tempranillo, Graciano and Mazuelo, fermented using mostly French oak, the nose offers beguiling aromas of morello cherry, dried rosemary and baking spice that lead into a textured palate of foraged blackberry, tobacco leaf and plum crumble with silky smooth tannins dappled with tiny salt crystals. A natural match for roast lamb.
- Colour
- Red
- Wine Style
- Still
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Country
- Spain
- Region
- Rioja
- Bottle size
- 75cl