Bodegas Lan Culmen Reserva 2005

Tempranillo
  • 92 Robert
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  • 90 Wine
    Spectator
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Bodegas Lan Culmen Reserva 2005 Front Label
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Product Details


Varietal

Producer

Vintage
2005

Size
750ML

Features
Collectible

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Intense and bright cherry colour. Ripe fruit nose, with hints of plums, cherries and wildberries. Spicy, roasted and balsamic aromas as well as mineral notes. Complex. Culmen is only produced from harvests of outstanding quality.

Professional Ratings

  • 92
    The 2005 Culmen Reserva, made only in the best vintages, is 90% Tempranillo and 10% Graciano sourced from a single vineyard with vine age ranging from 40-60 years. It was aged for 20 months in new French oak followed by an additional 18 months in bottle. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it proffers a brooding bouquet of sandalwood, Asian spices, lavender, espresso, and assorted black fruits. Ripe and sweetly fruited, it admirably combines power with elegance. Drink this lengthy offering from 2015 to 2030.
  • 90
    Toast and espresso notes frame plum, blackberry and chocolate flavors in this polished red. This has lively acidity and well-integrated tannins. A modern style. Drink now through 2015. 1,500 cases made.

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Bodegas Lan

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Bodegas Lan, Spain
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Founded in 1972, Bodegas LAN lies in the heart of Rioja Alta. The name LAN comes from the initials of the three provinces of the Rioja Designation of Origin: Logroño, Álava and Navarra. María Barua has been the head winemaker and technical director since 2002, and brings both scientific expertise (with an academic background in chemistry in addition to her oenology degree) and local knowledge (having been born and raised in Rioja). Together with her young and energetic team, María focuses on using the latest advances in winemaking to ‘express the virtues of the land’.

The estate farms its Tempranillo, Mazuelo, Graciano and Garnacha vineyards sustainably. The Viña Lanciano vineyard is one of the most spectacular vineyards in the region, located on a bend of the River Ebro. The vineyard’s poor, stony soils and the average vine age of 60 years are both conducive to low yields. The vines are divided into 24 plots of different soils, grape varieties and aspects so that each can be hand-picked at perfect ripeness. In the winery, there is a rigorous selection process to ensure that only perfect bunches are used. Bodegas LAN also painstakingly select and test their oak barrels and have even pioneered a hybrid barrel - American staves with French oak heads - which they feel imparts the best characteristics of both types of oak on a wine.

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