BODEGAS LUIS CANAS RESERVA SELECCION DE LA FAMILIA 2019

Dark fruit up front — blackberry, plum, a thread of licorice — then bitter chocolate on the mid-palate and polished tannins carrying through a long finish. Luis Cañas, family-owned since 1928 in Rioja Alavesa, grows Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon in iron-rich clay and limestone soils at high altitude, where Atlantic and Mediterranean air masses shape a cool, dry growing season. The Selección de la Familia is aged in French and American oak, developing the creamy vanilla and spice integration that defines this tier of the estate's lineup.