LUIS CANAS - Rioja

Cañas is a modern(-ish) style winery, but its wines still have an old world feel – not too fruity or over-oaked. The wines are very, very good, and some will cellar well, but most are for drinking in the short to medium term – 2-3/5 years. Not all wine is for the cellar! Our cool weather here in NZ and our small size means we will always struggle to produce wines of this ripeness at this price. The winery is Villa Maria sized which makes them bigger than Mas Martinet but still small to medium-sized compared to many Spanish wineries. This means that their prices are very reasonable and I look forward to seeing some restaurant take-up.  Don’t let the prices fool you – these are very good wines that just happen to be great value.