Benjamin Romeo Colección Nº2 Carmen Hilera 2012
Descripción
El Colección Nº2 procede de la parcela La Canoca, con una media de 50 años de edad en la que se cultivan las variedades Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano y Mazuelo. Esta viña posee una situación especial con la que se logra una buena maduración aún estando en la zona alta de San Vicentre de la Sonsierra. Su elaboración es muy tradicional, con maduraciones equilibradas y crianzas muy largas en barrica, con lo que se consegue un vino de estilo Rioja Clásico.
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Opinión de los críticos
Lots of vivid fruit on the nose with hints of violets and blackberries. Full-bodied, layered and beautiful. Really tight and polished tannins on the palate. Shows finesse. Serious. Drink or hold.
The more classical 2012 Colección Nº 2 Carmen Hilera, a modern Gran Reserva, is always produced with the grapes from a single vineyard, La Canoca, that was planted 50 years ago with Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo. It fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in barrel for 30 months. So, don't think it's a light-colored and developed Rioja, as it manages to combine some character of the wines from yesteryear and the best of the modern profile as mastered by Benjamín Romeo. It is nuanced, elegant and insinuating but also powerful and concentrated. It feels a lot more balanced than the previous 2011, reflecting a better vintage that, despite the warm weather and lack of rain, managed to produce better balanced wines. 3,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2015.