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La Emperatriz Garnacha Cepas Viejas 2014

La Emperatriz Garnacha Cepas Viejas

2014
93
PARKER
Discontinued

£30.00

/ 0.75 L btl

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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.0%
Production9,411 bottles

The wine

Produced from the grapes of 65 year-old vines, grown in Parcel No. 5, on sandy-loam soils, with a 40-centimetre top layer of pebbles.

Aged on its lees for 11 months in 500-litre French oak barrels.

What does this wine taste like?

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Picota cherry red / Semi-opaque / Clean / Bright
Bouquet
Elegant / Fresh / Fruit aromas / Red fruit / Undergrowth notes / Candy sweets / Strawberry chewing gum / Mineral notes / Spicy notes / Complex / Expressive
Mouth
Easy to drink / Voluminous / Good acidity / Refreshing / Pleasant tannins / Varietal notes / Long / Fruit-forward / Elegant / Balanced

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Ratings and awards

201493 PK
201293 PN
201193 PN
PK: ParkerPN: Peñín

Customer reviews

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Winemaking

Vinification materialWood
Ageing period10 months
Barrel ageSemi-new
Type of woodFrench oak

The winery

Viñedos Hermanos Hernáiz

Viñedos Hermanos Hernáiz

Finca La Emperatriz is one of the very few Rioja wineries to produce their wines from one single vine-growing plantation, which is customary in Bordeaux's Médoc region (other Rioja wineries employing the same model are Remelluri, Valpiedra and Contino). This is an estate of excellent quality whose potential had already been recognised at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878 and which concealed a very important history. The estate originally belonged to Eugenia de Montijo,...

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