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C.V.N.E. (Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España) Rioja Imperial Reserva

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- CVNE founded in 1879 by the brothers Eusebio and Raimundo Real de Asúa, and the business has since remained in the hands of their descendants, currently in the fifth generation
- 13% alcohol
- fruit sourced from vineyards around Villalba and Haro, using only that from vines at least 20 years-old; blend of 85% Tempranillo, 10% Graciano and 5% Mazuelo, all harvested by hand, destemmed and cold-macerated, before temperature-controlled fermentation in stainless steel, malolactic fermentation and subsequent ageing for the prescribed time in a mixture of French and American oak
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