Luis Canas, LUIS CAÑAS

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Rioja, Spain

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Bodegas Luis Canas is situated in Villabuena in the heart of Rioja Alavesa, Bodegas Luis Cañas is ideally placed to make great wine. Careful work in the vineyards and in the winery ensures that this potential is optimised.

Producing around 1.5 million bottles per year the estate controls 120 hectares of vineyards and holds ISO 9002 for the winery and bottling plant.

The area around Villabuena has broken clay soils over limestone on which Tempranillo ripens excellently. High, in the north of the region, very cold winters are followed by warm, dry summers.

Luis Canas, Villabuena in the heart of Rioja Alavesa

Luis Cañas uses around 95% of Tempranillo in most red wines blended with a small proportion of Graciano, Mazuelo and Garnacha.

Whites are exclusively Viura and are produced both unoaked and barrel fermented.

Fermentation temperatures are carefully followed to capture the best qualities of the fruit. French and American oak is used for carefully supervised maturation in temperature and humidity controlled cellars. Winemaking here combines the best of traditional knowledge and technical know-how.

Luis Cañas produces wines that have the typical elegance of the Rioja Alavesa, excellent fruit and wonderful, complex layers of flavours.

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		Rioja Blanco Joven, Luis Canas A youthful, vibrantly crisp white made from Rioja's viura grape variety. Attractive, lemon character with a well rounded finish of melon and pineapple.

		Rioja Rosado Joven, Luis Canas Enticing salmon pink colour with hints of bramble and rose hip on the nose. The palate is fresh, crisp and juicy with touches of strawberry and bramble followed by a mouthwatering finish

		Rioja Blanco, "Barrel Fermented" Luis Canas Refreshing barrel fermented Rioja, made from the fashionable Viura grape variety. Toasty on the nose with hints of citrus fruit followed by freshness and a good structured finish.

		Rioja, Crianza Luis Canas Twelve months oak ageing gives a little complexity and softens the wine - yielding a well balanced ripe fruited wine with a soft, sweetish oak finish. This is also available in 50cl bottles.

		Rioja Reserva, Bodegas Luis Canas Produced from the finest vintages, Luis Canas Reserva is aged in oak to give a mellow but complex and full flavoured red.

		Rioja Reserva "Seleccion de la Familia" A reserva wine specially selected to represent the epitome of great Rioja. Dark garnet red colour with a pronounced bouquet of ripe strawberries and plums. Deep, rich and savoury on the palate showing well integrated tannins, elegant, silky fruit and subtle oak.

		Luis Canas "Amaren" Rioja Reserva Especial A tribute to their late mother, Amaren is the flagship wine of Luis Canas and represents the cutting edge of Riojan winemaking. Produced from low yielding, very old Tempranillo vines, Amaren is surprisingly soft and approachable with ripe wild strawberry and cassis fruit coupled with vanilla and spice from oak ageing in American and French wood.

		Luis Canas, Rioja Gran Reserva Luis Canas' reputation has grown immensely in the past 5 years with a string of recommendations from worthy journals. Their Gran Reserva is a complex, well structured wine with ripe wild strawberry fruit overlaid with spicy, never domineering, oak flavours. Rich, meaty yet elegant - a very true representation of what made Rioja great.

		Luis Canas, Hiru 3 Racimos Luis Canas have made huge progress in recent years and have quite rightly been richly awarded for doing so. No wine in the Rioja region has been as bestowed with praise as Hiru 3 Racimos - last year it won the Decanter Trophy for best Tempranillo in the world! Hiru is made from vines that produce only three immensely concentrated bunches, the grapes are then hand selected and fermented. After barrel ageing, the wine emerges a glorious black colour with hints of wild berry fruit, grilled meats and spice. The palate is huge, groaning with fruit, oak, rich tannins and immense length.

AWARDS AND REVIEWS FOR BODEGAS LUIS CAÑAS
See latest news Awards OLN Spanish Top 106 2005 New Wave Spanish Wine Awards Off Licence Trade News & Wines from Spain Results released November 2005 Bodegas Luis Canas Barrel Fermented White 2004 Bodegas Luis Canas Hiru 3 Racimos 2002 Bodegas Luis Canas Amaren Reserva 1999 International Wine Challenge 2006 Gold Medal Bodegas Luis Canas, Rioja Reserva 1999 Silver Medal Bodegas Luis Canas, Rioja Crianza 2003 Bronze Medal Bodegas Luis Canas, Rioja Reserva ‘Seleccion de la Familia’ 1999 Bodegas Luis Canas, Rioja Reserva Especial ‘Amaren’ 2001 Bodegas Luis Canas Rioja Gran Reserva 1996 International Wine Challenge 2005 Gold Medal Luis Canas Rioja Reserva Seleccion de la Familia 1999 Silver Medal Luis Canas Rioja Reserva Especial Amaren 1999 Bronze Medal Luis Canas Rioja Tinto Reserva 1998 International Wine & Spirits Competition 2005 Silver Medal Luis Canas Amaren 1999 Luis Canas Reserva 'Seleccion de la Familia' 1999 Bronze Medal Luis Canas Reserva 1998 World Tempranillo Awards January 2005 Golden Tempranillo (Between 88-95 points out of 100 points) Luis Canas Amaren Tempranillo Reserva 1999 Luis Canas Hiru 3 Racimos 2002 Luis Canas Amaren Reserva 1999 – Silver Medal INTERNATIONAL WINE CHALLENGE 2004 Gold Medal Luis Canas, Reserva de la Familia, 1999 Luis Canas, Amaren Reserva, 1999 Silver Medal Luis Canas, Crianza 2001 DECANTER WORLD WINE AWARDS 2004 Regional Rioja Trophy Luis Canas, Hiru 3 Racimos 2001 Silver Medal Luis Canas, Amaren Reserva 1999 Recommended Luis Canas Reserva de la Familia, 1997 Decanter - December 2003 Rioja Reserva 1999, December 2003 Bodegas Luis Canas, Amaren Highly Recommended ** Reviews The Wine Report 2006 By Tom Stevenson Spain Greatest Quality Wines Hiru 3 Racimos Rioja 2001, Bodegas Luis Canas 100 Most Exciting Wine Finds Rioja Hiru 3 Racimos 2001 Luis Canas 'Very much 'new-wave' Rioja - dark purple, enormous power, concentration and fruit, extraction, and ripeness, but not overpowering with a hint of 'curry spice' on the nose.' By John Radford 'Beautiful fruit, very pure, soft and elegantly structured, supported by supple tannins to provide great length and finesse. A great wine by any standards.' By Tom Stevenson Wine International September 2005 By Simon Woods First Taste Luis Canas Reserva Seleccion de la Familia 1999, Rioja, Spain - 93 Points 'A rising star of Rioja, Bodegas Luis Canas lies in the heart of the Rioja Alavesa Region. This lovely reserva spends it's first year of ageing in new French oak, and has emerged in fine fettle. It manages to show both modern and traditional faces of Rioja. Beautifully balanced and delicious now, but with a promising future.' Spanish Magazine Summer 2005 Getting it White by Kate Ennis Rioja may be renowned for its red wine but that hasn't stopped the region's wine-makers vying to win over white wine drinkers with their vinos blancos. Kate Ennis explains how they are finally getting their whites right. Luis Canas, Barrel Fermented Viura 2003 3/5 Points Decanter New Spain, April 2005 Doca Rioja Luis Cañas. A new departure for this well-established bodega, proving that old dogs ca learn new tricks and do them better, in some cases, than the pups. The name comes from the ancient vines, which only produce about three bunches (‘racimos') each, against the legal maximum of 10. Hiru, 3 Racimos 2001 * Sumptuous. The epitome of new-wave Rioja. Winner of the Rioja trophy at the 2004 Decanter World Wine Awards. Harpers Tim Atkin, November 2000** "The quality of Rioja is arguably better than it has ever been, especially at the top end. Wines such as…Luis Cañas (etc.)…have taken Rioja to a new level."



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