| Type | Red wine |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Grapes | |
| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 13.5% |
| Production | 14,650 bottles |
Las Cenizas
2019Homage to the renowned Cenicero wines from Rioja
93
PEÑÍN
92
SUCKLING
90
TIM
ATKIN
Spec sheet
The wine
Las Cenizas is one of their more personal projects, it is named after Cenicero, the small town famous for its vineyards and top quality wines in the heart of Rioja Alta, where the Hernáiz family come from.
What does this wine taste like?
Las Cenizas is a wine with aromas of ripe black fruits and spices to the front, and hints of wood. Full and pleasing on the palate, with a flavoursome, round texture, Las Cenizas is pure seduction.
View | Cherry red / Intense / Violet rim |
|---|---|
Bouquet | Ripe black fruit / Blackberries / Plums / Spicy notes |
Mouth | Full / Voluptuous / Flavoursome / Seductive / Rounded / Ripe tannins |
Drinking and storing
Serve between 15ºC and 17ºC
Ratings and awards
| 2021 | 91 PK | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 91? PK | |||
| 2019 | 93 PN | 92 SK | 90 TA | |
| 2017 | 92 PN | 93 SK | ||
| 2016 | 90 PN | 92 SK | ||
| 2015 | 91 PK | 90 PN |
PK: ParkerPN: PeñínSK: SucklingTA: Tim
atkin
Customer reviews
Winemaking
Aged for 18 months in American and French oak barrels (40% of which are new), before being bottled — with a production of 14,650 bottles to be precise.
| Ageing period | 18 months |
|---|---|
| Barrel age | New and sused |
| Type of wood | American and French oak |
Vineyards
Puentarrón, Los Hundidos, Sanchisal y Carril
Las Cenizas is made with grapes from the family-owned plots of Puentarrón, Los Hundidos, Sanchisnal and Carril, in Cenicero. It is basically a Tempranillo wine with a small quantity of Carignan (sometimes called Mazuelo) grapes.
| Vine age | Between 35 and 40 years |
|---|---|
| Soil | Calcareous-clay / Gravel surface |
| Climate | Atlantic with Mediterranean influence |
The winery
Viñedos Hermanos Hernáiz
Finca La Emperatriz is one of the very few Rioja wineries to produce their wines from one single vine-growing plantation, which is customary in Bordeaux's Médoc region (other Rioja wineries employing the same model are Remelluri, Valpiedra and Contino). This is an estate of excellent quality whose potential had already been recognised at the Paris Universal Exhibition in 1878 and which concealed a very important history. The estate originally belonged to Eugenia de Montijo,...
