C.V.N.E.
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C.V.N.E.,
Drink now,
2004 is now seen, qualitatively, in the same light as the astonishing 2001 vintage. A tardy growing season produced grapes with very ripe tannins and impressive levels of sugar. The resulting wines are full-bodied, yet wonderfully rounded. The blend is 80% Tempranillo, 5% Garnacha and 15% Graciano, fermented in stainless steel and matured in a combination of French and American oak. The wine displays notes of strawberry fruit, with a balsamic backdrop, then soft and supple tannins; all in all this is a classic Contino; at the same time gloriously uncomplicated and yet wonderfully complex!
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)
(Simon Field MW, BBR Buyer)
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Bodegas C.V.N.E. is still owned and run by the Real de Asua family whose ancestors established it back in 1879. Its full name is Compañía Vinicola del Norte de España but it more commonly known as "coonay".
In the late 1980s the firm built a spanking new stainless steel winery in the town of Haro and is now producing thoroughly "modern" style Rioja wines. Both red and whites are produced and their white Rioja is one of the few remaining heavily-oaked examples on the market today.
The 2 different ranges of C.V.N.E, the Vina Real and Imperial, are rich, full-bodied Riojas, with the Reservas and Grand Reservas being some of the most long-lived in the region today.