Winemaker Notes
Intense garnet colour. Aromas of red fruits, cherry, and blackberry, blended with notes of vanilla and spices from the oak. Liquored cherries, black pepper, eucalyptus, fig. The silky, well-integrated tannins and balsamic acidity support the full body. Structured, fleshy, filling. Elegant, balanced and harmonious. Long aftertaste.
Blend: 95% Tempranillo, 5% Mazuelo
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
Perfumed nose of lavender, blueberries, coconut and milk chocolate. Creamy, fresh and balanced, with a medium body and supple tannins. Nicely integrated.
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Wilfred Wong of Wine.com
COMMENTARY: The 2017 Bodegas Lan Reserva is bright and smooth on the palate. TASTING NOTES: This wine exhibits aromas and flavors of dried earth, woody notes, and ripe blackberries. Try it with a rosemary and garlic-infused roast leg of lamb. (Tasted: July 23, 2023, San Francisco, CA)
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Wine Spectator
This medium-bodied red features a creamy, well-meshed flavor range of baked cherry, mocha, dried thyme and black licorice, with supple tannins. Tempranillo and Mazuelo.
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.