

FINCA LA EMPERATRIZ
Viñedo Singular Tinto 2017
Harvest: Hand-harvested into 180 kg crates, the 25th September.
Varietals: 76% Tempranillo, 22% Garnacha and 2% Viura.
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: 14 months in barrels, 60% new French oak and 40% second-year American oak barrels.
VINTAGES

RATINGS AND AWARDS
2018
93 +
ROBERT PARKER, 2022
2018
93
JAMES SUCKLING, 2022
2018
94
TIM ATKIN, 2022
2017
93
ROBERT PARKER, 2020
2017
93
GUÍA PEÑIN, 2021
2017
92
JAMES SUCKLING, 2021
2017
95
TIM ATKIN, 2021
2016
93
ROBERT PARKER, 2019
2016
91
GUÍA PEÑIN, 2020
2016
90
JAMES SUCKLING, 2019
2016
91
GUÍA PROENSA, 2020
2016
94
TIM ATKIN, 2020