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Contino Gran Reserva Rioja 2016
This is the winery's most elegant wine. Contino Gran Reserva stays true to the essence of classic Rioja wines while continually striving to evolve its style. A selection of the finest vineyards is used to produce Contino Reserva to offer the best possible wine in terms of acidity, concentration and ripeness. The Tempranillo grapes are predominantly harvested from an area of stony soil near the Ebro River.
The grapes are hand-picked with care before undergoing a meticulous selection process at the winery. After removal of the stems, it is fermented with selected yeasts in concrete tanks at 26-28ºC. It then undergoes post-fermentation maceration. malolactic fermentation takes place in the same tanks.
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