Marqués de Murrieta Gran Reserva 2011

Marqués de Murrieta (hentet 17. okt. 2026): Marqués de Murrieta Gran Reserva 2011 – teknisk ark (producentens tekst, engelsk): WWW.MARQUESDEMURRIETA.COM OWN VINEYARDS WINEMAKING MANUAL HARVEST From 19th to 23th September 2011. GRAPE VARIETIES 91% Tempranillo, 4% Mazuelo, 3% Graciano, 2% Garnacha. AGEING PROCESS The wine is aged for 24 months in 225-litre American oak barrels. PAIRING Hake cheeks in its own gelatin sauce with Iberian ham ravioli; Wild pig sirloin with red wine; Baked glazed veal cheeks with quince and rosemary infused apple; Red bean stew with braised pork jelly cubes. SERVING SUGGESTIONS We recommend decanting the wine 30 minutes before serving. Recommended serving temperature: 16-17° C (60-63° F) to let the wine breathe and show its full aromatic potential. Grapes are first de-stemmed and then fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks for 9 days, with constant skin contact. During fermentation pumping over and punching down operations are regularly carried out. These processes ensure both effective and gentle color and aroma extraction. Afterwards the solid parts of the grapes are squashed in a vertical press. This is a gentle process that extracts color and ripe tannins from the grapes skin. Grapes are sourced from our Ygay Estate: 300 hectares of vineyards surrounding the winery in the southernmost point of Rioja Alta. Altitude ranges from 320 to 485 meters above sea level. It is made from selected vintages. MARQUÉS DE MURRIETA GRAN RESERVA 2011 BOTTLING DATE 15th September 2014. NUMBER OF BOTTLES 50,092 (75 cl). GRAN RESERVA 2011 SCORES TIM ATKIN (UK): 96 points. ROBERT PARKER (USA): 94 points. This vintage was cropped from an early and very healthy harvest, for them one of the greatest vintages of recent times, which delivered structured wines apt for long aging. This blend certainly had a long élevage, 24 months in 225-liter American oak barrels. The palate is round, lush and juicy, with fine-grained tannins and very good balance. ALCOHOL CONTENT 14% Vol.