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2012 Cune (CVNE) Imperial Rioja Gran Reserva

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2012 Cune (CVNE) Imperial Rioja Gran Reserva

RATINGS

95The Wine Advocate

...has a textbook serious Haro nose, with dark spices, ripe fruit, something balsamic and a round, full-bodied palate within the straight and serious style of the wine...fine, slightly grainy tannins with good grip.

95Jeb Dunnuck

...notes of blackcurrants, tobacco, toasted spices, balsamic, and lead pencil give way to a full-bodied, beautifully textured 2012 with ripe, supple tannins, no hard edges, and a great finish...beautifully done and just a joy to drink...I love its elegance and finesse-driven style.

94Vinous / IWC

An intensely perfumed bouquet evokes ripe raspberry, cherry-cola, potpourri and exotic spices, with a suave vanilla topnote and a smoky mineral flourish. Sweet and broad in the mouth, offering lush red fruit, spicecake, mocha and coconut flavors... Finishes extremely long and spicy, with a resonating floral quality, well-knit tannins and lingering oak spice notes.

94James Suckling

...beautiful wine with blackberries, bramble berries, rose petals and lemon grass. Medium to full body, ultra-fine tannins and a beautiful finish. Very fine-grained.

93+ John Gilman

...bouquet is deep...offering up scents of black cherries, sweet dark berries, dried eucalyptus, Cuban cigars, a superb base of soil and a smoky foundation of American oak...pure, full-bodied, focused and beautifully plush down at the core, with fine-grained tannins, impeccable focus and balance and a very, very long, nascently complex finish.

92Wine Enthusiast

Aromas of baked blueberry and prune on the nose... The solid palate brings dense berry and plum flavors that show a touch of raisin prior to a fruit-laden finish.

91Wine Spectator

Loamy earth and forest floor notes frame cherry and currant flavors in this round red. Well-integrated tannins and fresh acidity keep this focused. Shows a nice balance of fruity and savory characteristics.

18Jancis Robinson

The oak here is both savoury and chocolatey... Seductive, mature sweetness of both fruit and oak and gorgeous leathery complexity. Chewy, so textured...plus a bite of freshness to balance the finish. A classic...

PRODUCER

Cune (CVNE)

CUNE is the English translation of CVNE, which in Spanish is the abbreviation for Compania Vinicola del Norte de Espana, one of Spain’s most renowned wine producers. Founded in the late 19th century by the brothers Eusebio and Raimundo de Asua, the Rioja estate is still run by descendants of the founders. CUNE produces white, rose, crianza and reserve wines. CUNE also produces a label called Imperial which is devoted solely to producing Reserva and Gran Riserva wines only in exceptional vintages.

REGION

Spain, Rioja

Rioja Demoninación de Origine Calificada is Spain’s most important wine region. Located in northern Spain, it comprises 135,000 vineyard acres and was the first official appellation in Spain, earning its official DO status in 1926. In 1991 it became Spain’s first DOCa, Spain’s most prestigious appellation category. The DOCa is divided into three subzones: La Rioja Alavesa in the northeast; La Rioja Alta in the southwest; and La Rioja Baja in the east. About 75 percent of Rioja wines are reds, with Tempranillo the predominant grape. Garnacha (Grenache), Mazuelo (Carignan) and Graciano, a spicy, high-acidity red grape, are also allowed. White wines are made from Macabeo, Garnacha Blanca and Malvasia. Wines were made in this region well before the Romans arrived, though the Romans then the medieval monks refined vineyard management and wine production. In the 19th century French families migrated to Rioja after phylloxera wiped out their vineyards, and the French helped establish the tradition of wine blends, still part of Rioja winemaking. According to the rules for the appellation, a wine labelled a simple Rioja can spend less than a year in an oak aging barrel. A Criziana is aged for at least two years, one in oak. Rioja Reserva is aged at least three years, with at least one in oak. A Rioja Gran Reserva must be aged at least five years, with two years in oak.

VINTAGE

2012 Cune (CVNE) Imperial Rioja Gran Reserva

Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España (CVNE)