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Bodegas Lan Rioja Reserva 2004

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Winery:
Bodegas LAN
Varietal:
Tempranillo
Region:
Spain > Rioja
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2016
UPC:
747154058814

User Tags:  stone fruits, (tree) fruit, spices, cherry, resinous, decant, color descriptors, red, bargain, nose 


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What to Expect

The Rioja region of Spain produces one of the world's finest, and most long lived wines: Rioja. Rioja's renaissance, in the latter half of the 19th century, was a direct result of the phyloxera bug that decimated vineyards around the globe. While English merchants came to Rioja to replace their French imports, the wines here actually have much more in common with Chianti. Both wines are blend relying heavily on one grape, in this case Tempranillo. Like Chianti's Sangiovese, Tempranillo usually produces a relatively high acid wine of medium to medium-full body. Tempranillo tends to produce wines with a dusty, leathery edge to its raspberry and blackberry fruit tones. With additions of Graciano, Mazuela and Grancha, the wines of Rioja can take on additional layers of flavor and aroma, but the tradition of extended oak aging for Rioja's great wines contributes to an even more obvious imprint. While the Spaniards have traditionally been fans of the strong vanilla and coconut components that American oak barrels have contributed to Rioja, more and more producers have turned to French oak favoring its more subtle spice tones. Rioja continues to undergo extended aging in barrel with Reserva and Gran Reserva bottlings, representing a producer's highest achievement, spending a minimum of 3 of 5 years respectively in the producer's cellar.

Winemakers Notes

Tasting notes: Brilliant ripe black cherry red colour with good depth. Fruity aromas with elegant nuances of fine wood. Velvety in the mouth with a long finish.

Perfect with: stews, spiced dishes, legumes and cured cheeses.

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Snooth User: drudman
drudman
10

This is a very deeply, darkly colored wine. Like a really dried-out blood-black color.

Very rich blackberry nose, vanilla, also some mint and clove on the nose. This is the nose I expect from a great 2004 vintage Rioja.

Spice box in spades here. Blackberry note is very nice and authentic tasting. Oak is right where I expect for a Reserva, adding richness and vanilla/woody flavors, but I am very pleased with it working well with the fruit, as opposed to obscuring it.

4 of 5 is my score, this is a strong producer in a strong vintage, and at $14 I recommend it.


January 2009

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Snooth User: ChduP
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Full-bodied, smooth and silky! Great finish. Good with cheeses or even better with steak.


August 2009

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Snooth User: harimanjaro
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Pretty good for the price. Dark and velvety with subtle fruit and hints of spice. A hint of mint in the aftertaste.


October 2009

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Snooth User: akackerman
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4

A darker purplish hue than many tempranillos tasted in the past. Deep, yet still translucent.

Nose: Cedar, vanilla, raspberry

Palate: Immediate tart cherry, cedar, bountiful spice and licorice on the finish.

Medium body. Moderately-high tannins.

Recommend 20-30 minutes to allow this tempranillo to open up and relax.


August 2009

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Source: Wine.com


Wine Spectator rating: 90


November 2008

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Snooth User: adamlevin
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Softer than most Tempranillos. This is ready to drink now. Dirty fruit on the nose. Could probably have used some cheese to balance out the tannin.


March 2009

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