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Wine Description
The Story
Imperial is one of the renowned references in the entire history of Spanish winemaking. It is a true classic in Rioja and was first bottled in the 1920’s. Its name was originally adopted after a special bottling for the English market in a bottle called ‘Pinta Imperial’ or ‘Imperial Pint’ (an Imperial pint, half a litre approximately).
Vineyard
The grapes to make Imperial have always come from our own 28 hectares of vineyards in Villalb...
Vintage 1970
The 1970 wine vintage in Spain was a monumental, historic masterpiece that is universally revered as one of the greatest, most successful Spanish wine harvests of the 20th century. A flawless growing season defined by a warm, sun-drenched summer and an ideally dry autumn allowed vineyards across the country to achieve perfect sugar concentration, intense fruit complexity, and an immaculate backbone of natural acidity. In La Rioja, this textboo...