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Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
15 - 25 years
Decanting time:
2 hours

- Start up year: 1852
- Hectares: 300
Don Luciano´s vision was clear from the begining: to create a fine Rioja wine with a great ageing potential and start exporting it outside of Spain. He shipped his first vintage, with the legendary 1852, to countries such as Mexico and Cuba, making it the first fine Rioja wine to be exported.
Marqués de Murrieta Estates and Wines is led since 1983 by the Cebrián-Sagarriga family, characterized by their professionalism and daily effort.
In the Castillo, noble materials merge in perfect union with the latest technologies, turning one of the oldest industrial buildings in Europe into a benchmark of modernity and balance. Thanks to its historical significance to the world of wine, its heritage and the architecture of the building itself, the Castillo de Ygay, and thus the head-quarters of Marqués de Murrieta, was declared a museum in 2019. Read more


Name | Marques de Murrieta Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial Cosecha 2012 |
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Type | Red green still |
Denomination | Rioja DOCa |
Vintage | 2012 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 14.0% by volume |
Grape varieties | 89% Tempranillo, 11% Carignano |
Country | Spain |
Region | Rioja |
Vendor | Marques de Murrieta |
Origin | La Rioja (Spain) |
Climate | Altitude: 485 m. a.s.l. |
Harvest | Tempranillo was harvested on the 30th of September and Mazuelo on October the 10th. |
Wine making | Grapes are first carefully de-stemmed, squeezed and then fermented in temperature controlled, stainless steel tanks for 11 days, with daily "remontage" and "pigeage" processes which help its wine to develop its own personality. Both these processes ensure maximum colour and aroma, without producing excessive tannins. |
Aging | 30 month in 225 litter oak barrels, with at least 10 months in new oak, and 36 months in bottle before release. While the Tempranillo ferments in American oak barrels, the Mazuelo ferments in new French oak barrels. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |