CVNE Imperial Rioja Gran Reserva 2015 (3x150cl)
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This is very ripe with blackberries, dried fruit, toasted oak and black licorice on the nose. Full-bodied with ultra-fine, linear tannins and a racy, refined finish. This has fantastic structure and length. It goes on for minutes. It needs time to open and refine even more. One of the best Imperiale Gran Reservas in a very long time. Drink after 2023.
Reviewer Name: James Suckling
Review Date: 28th September 2021
Produced in CVNE’s bodega within a bodega, entirely dedicated to Imperial, this is a superb Gran Reserva that combines Tempranillo with 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo. Rich, dense and layered, with fine new French and American oak, wonderful focus, savoury tannins and the depth and concentration to age for a decade or more.
Reviewer Name: Tim Atkin MW
Review Date: 1st February 2021
Deep, brilliant ruby. Offers sharply defined, mineral-inflected redand dark berries, cherry liqueur, pipe tobacco, vanilla and exotic spice scents. Chewy and penetrating in the mouth, offering concentrated black raspberry, bitter cherry, boysenberry and spicecake flavors that steadily become more lively on the back half. The strikingly persistent finish features polished tannins, repeating minerality and a touch of candied flowers.
Drinking Window: 2025 - 2038
Reviewer Name: Josh Raynolds
Review Date: 1st April 2021