La Cueva del Contador 2017/2018

Benjamín Romeo is Spain's best-known "garagiste", for the "Vins de Garage" he made for several years. The story begins in 1995, when he bought a centuries-old cellar right below the castle of San Vicente de la Sonsierra. In 1996 he released the first Cueva del Contador and joined the world of "bodegueros". At that time he made the wines in the garage of his house, converted into a winery. As international critics began to recognise his wines, in 2000 he decided to work on them full-time, and was later rewarded with 100 points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate for the 2004 and 2005 vintages of his icon wine, Contador. In 2008 a new stage in his career began with the opening of his new winery, an architectural monument. Today his range is larger, but always at the very top in terms of quality.