URBINA 1997 RESERVA ESPECIAL

BODEGAS BENITO URBINA

DOC RIOJA



 
Harvest dates: 10th October 1997
Harvest method: Manually
Vineyard:
Soil type: 50% clay-limestone, 50% sandy-limestone
Age of vines: 50 years
Varieties: 95% Tempranillo, 5% Mazuelo and Graciano
Elaboration: Classic with destemming
Fermentation:

28 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
Barrels: American oak barrels, 12 months in new oak, 12 in 7 year old oak
Racking: Five
Total ageing: 7 years in bottle
Bottled:

14th January 2000

Alcohol: 13%
Total acidity 1.50 gr/l tartaric
PH: 3.75
Cork: Natural top quality cork 44x24