LAN, Gran Reserva, Rioja

Boisé, huileux. Dattes et fruits secs. Maroquinerie. Le vigneron s'est enfargé dans les ceps et la machine à copeaux s'est emballée...

Élevé 24 mois en fût de chêne, et 36 mois en bouteilles. Le bois est certe encore là mais il y a une belle matièr, des fruits noirs avec une belle acidité et de beaux tannins charnus.

Some old funk and plenty of leather, earth, and cherry on the nose. The palate tastes clean with earth and black cherry. The body is pretty powerful and ample acidity keeps the wine lively.

This wine was amazing. Last of my 6. Sad day

Unfortunately the cork was not in perfect shape. The wine had a very little trace of cork but it was anyway good. Perfect shape , the nose started from a wet alnimal leather to coffea , spicies , on the palate round , fine tannins. Unfortunately the trace og cork still there

Was time to drink in 2011 - gained in complexity, but not a memorable wine...

Quite nice - good fruit and cedar notes

Eh. I must be drinking a different wine from the rest of these notes. Maybe low level TCA on this bottle though I don't sense it. Oak, vanilla, barrel spice and some tannin wrapped around simple and unremarkable fruit. No depth, no nuance, no development. I know I can't expect Lopez de Heredia at this price, but this carries little interest and bears only passing resemblance to Rioja. At a similar price point, I'll take a Diez-Caballero any day.

It's been a while since I've had a Rioja. This was darker than I recall them usually being--almost purple. Pretty nose that offers floral, vanilla oak and red fruit. Full bodied and extremely concentrated on the palate with soft tannins and a chewy finish. I also picked up the port note identified by the previous taster. While this seems bigger than I expected it for a Rioja, it was very enjoyable and in my mind a good value for $20.

I spected more from this gran reserva. The taste was full with species and vanilla

not a great "value" wine at $21, but would be something we'd try again to let age a bit more. Berries, hint of chocolate. sounds crazy but whenever I swished it around in my mouth, I swear it had a port like taste.

Spansk vinmesse (Oslo) : Disappointing gran reserva. Mature with ripe fruits and oak. Was expecting more.