Red Wine Culmen Reserva 2019

The top-shelf bottle of Bodegas Lan, the wine Culmen Reserva is made from a traditional blend of mostly Tempranillo and a small amount of Graciano.

The grapes are sourced from low-yielding bushvines over 60 years old, the oldest of the Bodegas Lan estate. They are planted in Pago El Rincón, a gently sloped vineyard with cobble soils at 490 metres of altitude.

Once in the cellar, the grapes were selected on a sorting table and fermented in small truncated cone-shaped stainless steel tanks under controlled temperature.

After that, the red wine Culmen Reserva 2019 went through malolactic fermentation in extra fine-grained Allier and Tronçais French oak barrels, where it was subsequently aged for 22 months.

Finally, this red wine from La Rioja was bottled and aged for another 24 months before being released onto the market.

Pair this Reserva red wine with game recipes, roasts, casseroles and cured cheese.

Decant 1 hour before drinking, at the very least.