Type | Red wine |
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Grapes | |
Producer | |
Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Alcohol contenti | 14.0% |
Production | 9,411 bottles |
Spec sheet
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?
View | Picota cherry red / Semi-opaque / Clean / Bright |
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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
2014 | 93 PK | |
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2012 | 93 PN | |
2011 | 93 PN |
PK: ParkerPN: Peñín
Customer reviews
Winemaking
Vinification material | Wood |
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Ageing period | 10 months |
Barrel age | Semi-new |
Type of wood | French oak |
The winery
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,...