The Winery Imperial of Rioja

Winery Imperial - Rioja Gran Reserva
The winery offers 2 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This estate is part of the CVNE (Compania Vinicola del Norte de Rioja).
It is ranked in the top 47 of the estates of Rioja.
It is located in Rioja

The Winery Imperial is one of the world's great estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in of Rioja to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Imperial wines

Looking for the best Winery Imperial wines in Rioja among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Imperial wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Imperial wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Imperial

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Imperial

How Winery Imperial wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or breaded veal cutlets.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Imperial

On the nose the red wine of Winery Imperial. often reveals types of flavors of cream, non oak or balsamic and sometimes also flavors of black plum, tobacco leaf or orange peel. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Imperial. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Imperial

  • 1968With an average score of 4.57/5
  • 1981With an average score of 4.55/5
  • 1985With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1982With an average score of 4.49/5
  • 1970With an average score of 4.44/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Imperial.

  • Tempranillo
  • Mazuelo
  • Graciano

Discovering the wine region of Rioja

Rioja, in northern Spain, is best known for its berry-flavored, barrel-aged red wines made from Tempranillo and Garnacha. It is probably the leading wine region in Spain. It is certainly the most famous, rivaling only Jerez. The Vineyards follow the course of the Ebro for a hundred kilometres between the towns of Haro and Alfaro.

Besides Tempranillo and Garnacha, Graciano and Mazuelo (Carignan) are also used in Rioja's red wines. Some wineries, notably Marqués de Riscal, use small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon. White grapes are planted much less. In 2017, the vineyard area was recorded at 64,215 hectares (158,679 acres).

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Discover the grape variety: Muscat Valvin

Interspecific crossing between the muscat du moulin or 299-35 Couderc (Pédro Ximénès x 603 Couderc (carignan noir x vitis rupestris) and the muscat ottonel obtained in 1962 by Bruce Reisch and Thomas Henick-Kling at the Experimental Station of the Cornell University - Geneva - New York (United States) Apart from this country, it is almost unknown in other wine-producing countries.

News about Winery Imperial and wines from the region

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Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’

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The word of the wine: Chambered

Said of a wine served at a temperature around 18 °.

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