Winemaker Notes
Ripe cherry red, very deeply coloured and bright. Very intense aromas of ripe, almost candied black fruit (plum, blackberry, blackcurrant.) Notes of cocoa and toffee, black tobacco and spices, as well as a mineral streak, a common characteristic in all wines from the Viña Lanciano estate. Warm and velvety on the palate. It is round, ripe, with a very tannic yet elegant profile. A long, harmonious finish. A wine with great character and personality, a faithful reflection of the terroir that it comes from.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
This big red has muscular tannins and keen acidity. Deep, with ripe but lively flavors of black fruit, fig, citrus and tar. Bold, modern style. Tempranillo, Mazuelo and Graciano. Drink now through 2030.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2018 Bodegas LAN Rioja Edicion Limitada is packed and formable on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine shines with outstanding aromas and flavors of blueberries and wood. Enjoy it with grilled short ribs. (Tasted: February 1, 2022, 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.