The Buyer | Why Chorus is an historic alliance of Contino and Pomerols Thienpont

There has always been a strong relationship between Rioja and Bordeaux but none more so than in Chorus, a new wine made to celebrate the 50th vintage of Viñedos del Contino. To mark this occasion, Rioja’s first Bordeaux-style château decided to engineer a cultural exchange between Rioja and Pomerol – making a Bordeaux-style blend of different parcels using the best grapes from three parcels within its own San Rafael estate in Laserna, to be shaped by the oenological vision of its own Jorge Navascués and Vieux Château Certan’s winemaker Guillaume Thienpont. Ellie Scott hears how this could be the start of more collaborations and tastes the new wine.