Luis Canas, Rioja Crianza 2020

Get to know: Luis Canas, Rioja Crianza

Tasting Note

A benchmark Rioja Crianza from the superb Luis Cañas. This concentrated and sophisticated wine has a clean nose with notes of balsamic and fine nuances of plum and clean oak. Intense spice and oak on layers of velvety cherry fruit and a slight hint of liquorice. Lasting rich fruit flavours with smooth round tannins. Complex and structured. A pleasant finish with red fruits and hints of eucalyptus.

Try this with roast Lamb.

Kate Says

"A firm favourite. With over 800 plots that each have their own personality, they're able to blend to get extra richness, depth and roundness. It has loads of pure, plummy red fruit. Great with a meaty paella."

Producer Info

In 1970 Luis Cañas changed two hundred years of tradition and became the first winemaker in Rioja Alavesa to bottle his young wine rather than sell it as bulk.

This bold move, and his continued pioneering spirit, has cemented the winery's enviable reputation as one of the most progressive in the region. Sheltered below the watchful Sierra Cantabria, the vineyards are all old, small plots on chalky-clay soils with a dedicated team of vineyard workers carrying out organic practices and a purpose built, fully equipped accommodation block was built for the entire vineyard team in 2006.

For the Crianza, after its primary fermentation, the wine is placed in barrels where it undergoes malolactic fermentation and is aged for a minimum of 12 months. It is then bottled and aged for at least another 12 months.

This wine is suitable for consumption by Vegetarians and Vegans.

This wine has been produced using a sustainable process.

This wine is produced following organic practices but is not certified organic.