Type | Red wine |
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Region | |
Grapes | |
Producer | |
Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Alcohol contenti | 14.5% |
Production | 21,552 bottles |
Spec sheet
The wine
What does this wine taste like?
View | Raspberry red / Black glints / Garnet rim / Bright / Thick tears |
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Bouquet | Clean / Complex / Expressive / Fruit aromas / Fresh fruit / Mineral notes / Vanilla |
Mouth | Intense / Rich / Robust / Powerful / Voluminous / Ripe / Long / Persistent / Spicy notes / Fruit notes |
Drinking and storing
Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC
Food pairing
Pollo in terracotta
Ratings and awards
2015 | 92+ PK | |
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2012 | 91 PK | |
2010 | 93 PK | 95 PN |
2009 | 94 PN |
PK: ParkerPN: Peñín
Customer reviews
Winemaking
Vinification material | Wood |
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Ageing period | 18 months |
Type of wood | French and American 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,...