CVNE, Contino Reserva, Rioja, Northern Spain, Spain, 2018

Everything you'd want from a Rioja Reserva. Mainly Tempranillo, with 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo and Garnacha; spending the requisite two years in French and American oak. Harmonious red fruit aromas with a subtle veneer of sweet cedary oak. Fresh, elegant and well balanced palate, of crisp red fruit supported by fine tannins with savoury grip on the finish. Drinking beautifully now, this over-delivers for the price!