Type | Red wine |
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Allergens | Contains sulfites |
Alcohol contenti | 14.0% |
Production | 166,000 bottles |
Spec sheet
The wine
La Emperatriz Crianza is one of three in the winery's Coupages Clásicos range, a round, well-balanced and flavoursome wine which conveys the complexity provided by the different varieties and parcels. A coupage of Tempranillo (95%), Garnacha (3%) and Viura (2%), and aged for 14 months in 225-litre American (80%) and French (20%) oak barrels, with a further year in bottle, La Emperatriz Crianza comes to our glasses with intense aromas of red fruits and slight nuances of black fruit, flowers and fine spices. A very tasty and palatable wine, with polished tannins, and extremely easy to drink.
What does this wine taste like?
View | Picota cherry red / Clean / Bright / Violet glints |
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Bouquet | Fresh / Fragrant / Red fruit / Cherries / Balsamic notes / Thyme / Genista |
Mouth | Balsamic notes / Juicy / Aromatic / Fruit-forward / Well-integrated wood / Structured / Atlantic character / Fresh / Easy to drink |
Drinking and storing
Ratings and awards
2015 | 91 PK | |
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2014 | 90 PN | |
2013 | 91 PK | |
2012 | 90 PN | |
2011 | 91 PK | |
2010 | 92 PN |
Customer reviews
Winemaking
Vinification material | Wood |
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Ageing period | 14 months |
Type of wood | French and American oak |
Vineyards
Finca La Emperatriz
Vine age | Between 15 and 65 years |
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Soil | Pebbles / Sand |
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,...