Descripción
La bodega rescata esta joya de su propio botellero para ponerla a nuestra disposición. Además, se trata de un vino que tan solo sale al mercado en aquellas añadas que la casa considera excepcionales. Un tinto con recuerdos frutales y balsámicos y un paso por boca elegantísimo. Un clásico riojano, nacido en los años 20, considerado como uno de los grandes vinos españoles.
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Viñedo y elaboración
Opinión de los críticos
Polished and structured with firm, very fine tannins. Lots going on here, with layers of black fruit, dried spices, graphite, coconut and cracked pepper. Full-bodied and so intense. Keeps going. Long. The tannins are so fine and so numerous. One of the greatest modern gran reservas. 85% tempranillo, 10% graciano and 5% mazuelo. Try in 2025.
The classical 2016 Imperial Gran Reserva was produced with a blend of 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo from grapes that were picked between October 10 and 25 with good ripeness, delivering a wine with 14.5% alcohol after fermenting in small oak vats followed by malolactic in concrete and two years in barrel and three in bottle. I was quite surprised, because the wine was quite closed and needed energetic swirling and time in the glass to reveal its true colors. It has more stuffing and finesse than the reserva. 2016 was a very good vintage, with freshness and balance to develop nicely in bottle. The tannins are very fine, and the wine is tasty and long. 50,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2019.
Another Imperial red that shows the thumbprint of a cooler year, this is a cuvée of Tempranillo with extra backbone from 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo. Firm and still very youthful, it has plenty of tannic backbone, graphite and blackberry flavours and sweet, toasty French and American oak. 2027-40.
Añadas: 2017 2016 2012
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Imperial de cune es uno de los vinos de culto míos desde hace más de 40 años,pero por la razón que sea prefiero sus reserva(en general)