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Jean Leon Vinya La Scala 2016

Jean Leon Vinya La Scala

2016
92
PARKER
94
SUCKLING
-3%

£59.95

£58.15

/ 0.75 L btl
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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%

The wine

Only produced in exceptional years, this limited production Gran Reserva is created with grapes from the small 8-hectare Vinya La Scala plot planted in 1963. Considered to be the first Spanish wine made principally from Cabernet Sauvignon, its name pays homage to the La Scala restaurant Jean Leon founded in Beverly Hills back in the 1950s in the golden age of Hollywood. It was the official wine served at Ronald Reagan's inaugural presidential dinner at the White House in 1981. Thanks to 24 months ageing in French oak barrels and a further 3 years standing in the bottle, the wine displays intense and complex aromas with a good tannic structure and a long and lingering after-taste.

What does this wine taste like?

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Picota cherry red / Opaque
Bouquet
Higly aromatic / Fruit aromas / Ripe fruit / Candied fruit / Undergrowth notes / Tobacco / Smoky notes
Mouth
Good entry / Structured / Tannic / Oily / Balanced / Good acidity / Long finish / Persistent

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Food pairing

Meats with creamy sauces / Red meats / Spicy dishes

Ratings and awards

201692 PK94 SK
201391 PN
201190 PK
200391 PK93 PN
PK: ParkerPN: PeñínSK: Suckling

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The winery

Jean Leon

Jean Leon

Founded in 1964, the Jean Leon winery is owned today by the Torres group, but preserves the spirit and philosophy of its creator, Jean Leon, a notable figure with very close links to the world of cinema and the Hollywood glamour of the 1950s and 60s. Quite a legend inside and outside the sphere of wine, Jean Leon is none other than Ceferino Carrión, from Santander and a humble background. After a complicated childhood that took him to Barcelona, Paris and New York, he...

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