Príncipe de Viana Edición Limitada 2009

SWIC score: 90 (JMG)

Tasting notes: Blackberries, vanilla, green bell pepper, chocolate, volume, silky, balanced.

Available: QC (Private - Importation Épicurienne - $ 18.95)

Winery: Príncipe de Viana 
Region: D.O. Navarra

Varieties: 50% Merlot, 25% Tempranillo, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon

Ageing: 14 months in French and American oak barrels

Alcohol level: 13.5% alc./vol.

Three selected plots of the Príncipe de Viana’s property in Navarra’s Riberra Baja are the origin of this Príncipe de Viana Edición Limitada. El Carrascal gives the Tempranillo grapes, El Crucero offers the Merlot and La Muga produces the Cabernet Sauvignon, respectively. All of them, considered the best by the winemaker Isabel López, who tries to “create a wine with a soul”. A wine which expresses the terroir of Navarra in a fantastically complex and balanced way.

Vintage tasted: 2009 (March 2013)