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URBINA 1996 GRAN RESERVA BODEGAS BENITO URBINA DOC RIOJA
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| Harvest dates: | 10th October 1996 |
| Harvest method: | Manually |
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| Soil type: | 50% clay-limestone, 50% sandy-limestone |
| Age of vines: | 60 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? With egg whites |
| Filtering? No | |
| Ageing: | 24 months in barrel, 48 months in bottle |
| Barrels: | 80% American, 20% French oak barrels; 12 months in new oak, 12 in 3-5 year old oak |
| Racking: | Many - five between tanks, four between barrels |
| Total ageing: | 6 years |
| Bottled: | 9th January 2001 |
| Alcohol: | 13% |
| Total acidity | 5.53 gr/l tartaric |
| PH: | 3.58 |
| Cork: | Natural top quality cork of 49x24 |
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