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Tasting Note
Deep cherry red. Ripe red fruit over a balsamic base, then a fresh, mellow, generous palate with polished tannins and a finish of very ripe fruit and liquorice.
Drink it with: roast chicken or turkey, stews, rice dishes, tapas or semi-cured cheeses.
The Winemaking
Double-sorted, then 21 days' fermentation and maceration in steel. Eighteen months in French and American oak, bottled unfiltered.
The Vineyards
Vines averaging 40 years old. The estate farms 350 hectares split into 870 plots, each managed on its own terms.
The Producer
Luis Cañas has been in Rioja since 1928 and helped shape modern Rioja Alavesa. High-altitude vineyards on thin chalky clay give small bunches, and viticulture director Rubén Jiménez was Tim Atkin MW's Grower of the Year in 2023.
The Details
Tasting Note
Deep cherry red. Ripe red fruit over a balsamic base, then a fresh, mellow, generous palate with polished tannins and a finish of very ripe fruit and liquorice.
Drink it with: roast chicken or turkey, stews, rice dishes, tapas or semi-cured cheeses.
The Winemaking
Double-sorted, then 21 days' fermentation and maceration in steel. Eighteen months in French and American oak, bottled unfiltered.
The Vineyards
Vines averaging 40 years old. The estate farms 350 hectares split into 870 plots, each managed on its own terms.
The Producer
Luis Cañas has been in Rioja since 1928 and helped shape modern Rioja Alavesa. High-altitude vineyards on thin chalky clay give small bunches, and viticulture director Rubén Jiménez was Tim Atkin MW's Grower of the Year in 2023.
The Details