URBINA 1994 GRAN RESERVA ESPECIAL

BODEGAS BENITO URBINA

DOC RIOJA



 
Harvest dates: 5th October 1994
Harvest method: Manually
Vineyard:
Soil type: 50% clay-limestone, 50% sandy-limestone
Age of vines: At least 20 years
Varieties: 95% Tempranillo, 5% Mazuelo and Graciano
Elaboration: Classic with destemming
Fermentation:

30 days maceration-fermentation at 28 degrees C; malolactic fermentation 10 days at 20 deg C after alcoholic fermentation

Macerations:
Treatments: Clarifying?
  Filtering?
Ageing: 24 months in barrel, more than 5 years in bottle
Barrels: American oak barrels, 12 months in new oak, 12 in 3-5 year old oak
Racking:
Total ageing: 7 years minimum
Bottled:

17th January 1997

Alcohol: 13%
Total acidity 5.02 gr/l tartaric
PH: 3.70
Cork: Natural top quality cork of 49x24