Lanzaga 2021
£30.37 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / North Ireland
Compañía de Vinos Telmo Rodríguez
Rioja
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Rioja red 2021 Lanzaga is their village wine from Lanciego (but it's crossed out on the label). It's subtler but powerful and produced each year with better vineyards. The vines are getting older, and there is more of a varietal mix (it has only 55% Tempranillo) with lots of Garnacha and Graciano. It's perfumed and clean, a great result of a blending exercise, with integrated oak. It has 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.7 and moderate acidity, but there's a sense of much more freshness, with very fine and elegant tannins, velvety, the signature of the year. It doesn't have a Burgundy bottle, and it's not sealed with wax, but it's a lot more elegant and with a profile that has gradually changed since 2014 or 2015. It matured in 1,500- and 2,500-liter oak vats and some 225-liter barrels for 14 months. It's probably better than ever. 39,700 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2023.
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Style
Occasions
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
14.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 14 months in foudres (large tun) of 1,500 - 2,000 litres and oak barrels.
Description
Lanzaga is the second wine of Telmo Rodríguez's project produced in La Rioja Alavesa. It has been made mostly from Tempranillo grapes accompanied by Grenache and Graciano.
These grapes come from their own vineyards and those of traditional viticulture suppliers of 15 to 20 hectares, planted in goblet and worked with organic viticulture located between 450 and 650 metres above sea level, located in Lanciego de Álava.
The soil composition is shallow, flat, stony, limestone and loamy, with low fertility and low water retention capacity.
It is a perfect red wine to accompany a wide selection of cured cheeses and red meats.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand and quality grapes are obtained, with a careful selection of bunches in the vineyard itself and transported in crates.
In the winery, the must is fermented with indigenous yeasts in cement tanks of 6,500 to 8,500 kilograms. The ageing of this Compañía Telmo Rodríguez wine takes 14 months in 1,500 to 2,500-litre foudres and 225-litre French oak barrels.
Taste
The Lanzaga red wine is creamy, juicy and medium-bodied, with very fine tannins, and expresses fruity and spicy tones with a slight herbal background.
It shows good acidity with a pleasant finish.
A serious, sophisticated wine with ageing potential.
Lanzaga is a red wine from Compañía Telmo Rodríguez de La Rioja. This magnificent wine is the best expression of respect for the land where it was born. It has been elaborated from autochthonous varieties. It is ample, with good length, with the perception of ripe fruit and well-integrated tannins and, of course, with a spicy finish.
And you, what are you waiting for? Try this wine at your next dinner with friends.
Shipping to North Ireland
50% discount on orders over £344.01Estimated transit time: 4-5 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Over £344.01 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-6 | £11.09 | £5.55 (-£5.55) |
| 7-12 | £15.05 | £7.53 (-£7.53) |
| 13-18 | £21.07 | £10.54 (-£10.54) |
| 19-24 | £28.81 | £14.41 (-£14.41) |
| 25-30 | £33.45 | £16.73 (-£16.73) |
| 31-36 | £37.41 | £18.71 (-£18.71) |
| 37-42 | £45.15 | £22.58 (-£22.58) |
| 43-48 | £49.45 | £24.73 (-£24.73) |
| 49-54 | £55.86 | £27.93 (-£27.93) |
| 55-60 | £60.03 | £30.01 (-£30.01) |
| VAT included | ||
