CVNE, Imperial Gran Reserva, 2018 - 3L
CVNE, Imperial Gran Reserva, 2018 - 3L
- Red Still
- Tempranillo, Graciano y Mazuelo
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Est. delivery early 2025
The CVNE 2018 is a standout from one of Rioja’s most celebrated recent vintages. Following a unique, cooler growing season, this wine showcases elegance, finesse, and remarkable depth, and we are thrilled to confirm that it is the best Imperial Gran Reserva we’ve tasted yet.
Crafted from the finest vineyards of Rioja Alta, this wine undergoes a meticulous selection process—from the vineyards to the cellar, to the barrels—resulting in a Gran Reserva with superb aging potential. The cooler growing season has yielded a wine with vibrant acidity and integrated tannins, balancing both power and grace, perfect for drinking now or cellaring for years to come.
Drinking window: 2025 - 2038
What the critics say:
"Fresh blackberries, plums, smoked spices, graphite and cocoa powder. So juicy and firm, with fresh, abundant tannins coming from the fruit and spicy oak, but all woven in a fine-grained form, which clearly shows aging potential. Medium- to full-bodied with a very long finish. Try after 2026."
"The 2018 Imperial Gran Reserva was cropped from a year with the weather from yesteryear, a cold winter with frost, snow and abundant rain, a cool spring and mild summer that resulted in a long vegetative cycle of 180 days and a late harvest between October 8th and 26th. It has similar parameters to the 2017 I tasted next to it, with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.55 and 6.03 grams of acidity, but it shows fresher. It feels very complete, fresh and vibrant, with more depth and tannin. It's still quite young and should develop nicely in bottle with that extra kick from the cooler year. It was a smaller crop, and they produced 56,000 bottles. It was bottled in July 2021."
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