Winemaker Notes
Deep garnet red appearance. On the nose a range of aromas of black fruit blackberry, blueberry, and ripe plum are wrapped in spicy notes of clove and cinnamon. On the palate it is powerful, broad and structured, with smooth tannins that blend with the fruity aromas and minerality that reflect the essence of their Viña Lanciano Estate. It is a wine of great personality and structure with an enjoyably long finish.
Pair with meat carpaccios, roast and chargrilled red meats. Perfect for long after-dinner conversations.
Blend: 80% Tempranillo, 15% Graciano, 5% Mazuelo
Professional Ratings
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Wine Spectator
Rich flavors of black cherry preserves and blackberry coulis are enlivened by a tang of orange peel acidity, with lavish accents of licorice, violet and Earl Grey tea. A generous red, offering a muscular frame of tannins, yet this shows lovely poise and harmony throughout, expanding with hints of graphite and cocoa powder on the lasting finish. Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha and Mazuelo. Drink now through 2036.
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.