Winemaker Notes
Ruby red with medium intensity. Medium-high intensity. Surprising for its frank,
floral aroma with notes of berries, strawberries, licorice, hints of vanilla and a little cinnamon. It is fresh, with bright acidity and silky tannins.
Perfect to enjoy with all kinds of tapas. Rice dishes, seasonal vegetable dishes, charcuterie and cheeses.
Blend: 94% Tempranillo, 6% Mazuelo
*The label for Bodegas Lan Rioja Crianza is in the process of changing. You may receive either of these two labels featured above. Specific labels cannot be requested.
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A solid Rioja crianza that’s very well balanced. Red plums, cherries and sweet spices follow through to a medium-bodied palate with juicy red fruit and a touch of vanilla. Fluid, pretty long and well grained. Drink or hold.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
The 2021 Bodegas Lan Crianza is an excellent Rioja for current enjoyment. This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of savory spices, rustic earth, and dried herbs. It will be perfect with grilled lamb chops. (Tasted: February 22, 2025, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
Light, creamy tannins support flavors of warm black cherry and fig fruit, licorice and vanilla, plus a touch of loamy earth. Round and well-knit, this harmonious red shows accents of tobacco and paprika on the finish. Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Garnacha. Drink now. 166,000 cases made, 20,000 cases imported.
Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.