Tim Atkin - Rioja Report 2022 - 2016 Contino Gran Reserva - 94/100 - 14%
First made in 1988, Contino's Gran Reserva is designed to combine and reflect the estate's range of terroirs. Tempranillo is in the front seat here, with support from 15% Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuelo. Ripe and complex, this is starting to develop appealing bottle-aged complexity, with sweet spices and forest floor aromas and flavours of fig, mulberry and scented oak. 2023-3