


FINCA LA EMPERATRIZ GRAN VINO
Red 2016
Harvest: Hand-harvested into 180 kg crates, between the 18th and the 24th October.
Varietals: 70% Tempranillo, 25% Garnacha y 5% Viura, which may vary depending on the vintage.
Varietals: 70% Tempranillo, 25% Garnacha y 5% Viura, which may vary depending on the vintage.
Wine-making: Grape selection at the sorting table. 100% destemmed and 40% crushed. Grapes ferment in concrete tanks.
Tempranillo, Garnacha and Viura are harvested at once and vatted in the same tank, followed by a 5 days cold maceration.
The wine fermented with indigenous yeasts and daily smooth pump-overs. After 20 days of post-fermentative maceration, it is devatted directly to barrel for MLF.
Ageing: 18 months in barrels, 60% new French oak and 40% second-year American oak barrels.

RATINGS AND AWARDS
2016
94
ROBERT PARKER, 2019
2016
93
GUÍA PEÑIN, 2020
2016
93
JAMES SUCKLING, 2019
2016
97
GUÍA PROENSA, 2020
2016
93
TIM ATKIN, 2020