Finca La Emperatriz Gran Vino Blanco 2016

Description

Made with Viura vines over 60 years old from the estate’s Viñedo Singular. The oak, perfectly integrated, accompanies an expressive wine, with great freshness and a long and persistent finish, with a nod to traditional aged Rioja whites.

Awards

93 pts The Wine Advocate Points

90 pts James Suckling

94 pts Tim Atkin

91 pts Guia Penin

Vinification

Grape selection at the sorting table. 6 hours of skin maceration. Half of the wine fermented in concrete tank and the other half in a 225-liter barrels. 4 months of lees aging with very spaced battonage.

Vineyard

Impressive terroir with a layer of large white pebbles to a depth of about 40 cm, covering a loose, sandy sub-soil. An ideal soil to grow vines, as it has excellent drainage, plenty of light and the roots are well placed to receive all the nutrients they require. The wines produced from this type of soil are fine and elegant. Vineyard: 50-65 years old bush vines. With the same type of soil, gravel and pebbles on surface. At 570 meters altitude.

Maturation

10 months in concrete tank and 10 months in French oak barrels, 1/3 new, 1/3 of second-use and 1/3 of third-use.