Winemaker Notes
Intense garnet color with bright red hues. Complex yet attractive nose of ripe fruit (plums, blackberry, and redcurrant), hints of sweet spice (clove, cinnamon), layers of coffee, cigar-box and the earthiness and minerality characteristic of all the wines made with grapes sourced from the "Vina Lanciano" estate.
Ideal on its own but is great paired with grilled meats, spicy dishes and aged cheese.
Blend: 80% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano, 5% Mazualo
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
This inky red is ripe and concentrated, with currant, kirsch and boysenberry flavors, framed by espresso, licorice and black pepper notes. Well-integrated tannins support the fleshy texture, while citrusy acidity keeps this lively. Expressive and balanced, in the modern style. Best from 2018 through 2028.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2013 Bodegas Lan Edición Limitada is a first-class wine of excellent pedigree. It demonstrates the high-level of Rioja wines. TASTING NOTES: This wine is penetrating and expansive. Enjoy its finely-tuned ripe red fruit and aromas with a well-seasoned Porchetta. (Tasted: October 28, 2019, San Francisco, CA)
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.