Tasting notes: Plum, clove, balanced, intense.
Available: ON
(VINTAGES 334094 - $ 22.95)
Winery:
Bodegas Luis Cañas
Region:
D.O.Ca. Rioja (Alavesa)
Varieties:
95% Tempranillo, 5% Graciano
Ageing:
18 months in French and American oak barrels
Alcohol
content: 14.0% alc./vol.
Based
on the philosophy that a good wine can only be obtained from good grapes, the
people at Bodegas Luis Cañas take an intense care of their 865 acres of
vineyards. The aim is to obtain the best possible fruit to produce their range
of typical Rioja Alavesa wines (balanced, complex and deep). Talking specifically
about Luis Cañas Reserva, it comes from vines with an average of 40 years old.
After the alcoholic fermentation, the wine is tasted to decide the kind of
barrels used for its ageing (70% French and 30% American, in this case). The
result is this elegant red wine, an excellent pairing for almost all kind of
meat dishes of even oily fishes.
Vintage tasted: 2005 (July 2012)
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