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| Drinking window: Drink between 2022 and 2026 (based on 106 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 5 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wayne47 on 2/24/2024: Good for the price of 9.99. We will be getting more. (122 views) | | | Tasted by wayne47 on 11/12/2023: Both of us liked it. Light but plummy. Will try to get more at $8. (222 views) | | | Tasted by Berckel on 10/24/2022: Bodegas Ateca is owned by the Gil family, which are world famous for its El Nido and Clio wines, but also has very small beautiful domains where the best of the region is brought out on a very small scale. All these wines are all gems. With Ateca, Shaya and Can Blau they have great wineries in various regions where only indigenous grapes are used.
In 2005, Bodega Ateca, 55 hectares in size, was established in the village of the same name. The bodega is located in the province of Zaragoza, fourteen kilometers from Calatayud
The old Garnacha vines are planted on the hills about 900 meters above sea level. The vineyard is located on a slate plateau with clay layers. The slate ensures that the vines can root very deeply and the clay layers hold the little rain that falls in this region well. Only the vineyards that have this unique terroir characteristic can operate organically and produce quality juice in this inhospitable area. The height also makes a huge difference because the differences in temperature during the day and night bring a grape into balance with sufficient free and acids. The grapes are picked manually in this vineyard and after the fermentation process, the wine is kept in barrels for 10 months and is bottled for almost a year.
The full fruity wine is surprisingly elegant. On the nose the wine has ripe notes of morello cherries and plums which are accentuated by notes of mint, orange peel with soft tannins on the palate, juicy acidity ending with a long and smoky finish.
Specifics:
Type of Wine: Red
Country: Spain
Region: Catalunya
Winery: Ateca
Grape: Garnacha, Grenache
Biological: No
Year: 2019
Drinking as of: 2022
Drinking till: 2027
Alcohol %: 15%
Content: 0.75 ltr
Oak aging: Yes
Sparkling: No
Dessert wine: No
Closure: Cork
Tasting Profiles: Rustic, Dry, Aged on wood, Powerful, Spicy, Round, Red fruit, Tannines, Full (645 views) |
| Bodegas Ateca Producer websiteGarnachaWikipedia: In Spain, Grenache is known as Garnacha and given the likely history of the grape this is most likely the grape's original name. There are several clonal varieties of Garnacha with the thin-skinned, dark colored Garnacha Tinta (sometimes spelled Tinto) being the most common. Another variety, known as Garnacha Peluda or "Hairy Grenache" due to the soft softly hairy texture on the underside of the vine's leaves is also found in Spain, mostly in Borja and Cariñena (Aragón). Compared to its more widely planted cousin, it produces wines lower in alcohol and higher in acidity that show spicy and savory notes more readily as they age.[11] Widely planted in northeastern and central Spain, Garnacha was long considered a "workhorse" grape of low quality suitable for blending. In the late 20th century, the success of the Garnacha based wines from Priorat in Catalonia (as well as the emerging international attention given to the New World Rhone Rangers) sparked a re-evaluation of this "workhorse" variety. Today it is the third most widely planted red grape variety in Spain (behind Tempranillo and Bobal) with more than 203,300 acres (82,300 ha) and is seen in both varietal wines and blends.[3]
Garnacha plays a major role in the Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOC/DOQ) wines of Rioja and Priorat and the Denominación de Origen (DO) wines of Navarra and all southern Aragonese and southern Catalonian appellations, plus the mountainous areas just southwest of Madrid: Méntrida and Cebreros. In Rioja the grape is planted mostly in the warmer Rioja Baja region located in the eastern expanse of the wine region. Usually blended with Tempranillo, Garnacha provides juicy fruitiness and added body. In recent years, modern Rioja producers have been increasing the amount of Garnacha used in the blend in order to produce earlier maturing and more approachable Riojas in their youth. Garnacha is also used in the pale colored rosados of Rioja.[3] The vine has a long history in the Navarra region where it has been the dominant red grape variety with nearly 54% of the region's vineyard planted with Garnacha. Compared to neighboring Rioja, the Garnacha-based blends of Navarra are lighter and fruitier, meant for earlier consumption.[5]Spain Vinos de España - Wines of Spain (Instituto Español de Comercio Exterior) | Wikipedia
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Spain is the third largest wine producing nation in the world, occupying the majority of the Iberian Peninsula with vast diversity in climate, culture, and of course, wine. From inky, dark reds of the [Priorat] to dry, white Finos from Andalusia, Spain can easily boast of elaborating a wide variety of notable styles. Within Spain there are currently 62 demarcated wine regions, of which a handful have gained international recognition: [Rioja], Priorat and [Ribera del Duero]. Yet these regions are only a small sample of the high quality wines Spain produces. Regions such as Cava, Penedes, Somontano, Galicia, Rueda and Jerez are only a few of the numerous regions worthy of exploration throughout Spain. Spain can also lay claim to having the most land under vine in the world, growing up to, by some accounts, 600 indigenous varietals of which Tempranillo is their most well known. Other popular varietals include [Garnacha], Bobal and Monastrell for reds and for whites; the infamous [sic] Palomino Fino grape which is used in the production of sherry wine, Pedro Ximenez in Montilla Morilles, Albarino used in the creation of the bright, effervescent wines of Galicia, and Verdejo in Rueda. - Source: - Catavino.net
Spain is not in the forefront of winemaking for its dessert wines, other than for its sweet wines from Sherry country including the highly revered Olorosos (when sweetened). But apart from Sherry Spain has a range of styles of dessert wines, ranging from the those made from the Pedro Ximenez grape primarily in Jerez and Montilla-Moriles) to luscious, red dessert wines made in the Mediterranean from the Garnacha (Grenache) grape. Some good Moscatels are made in Mallorca, Alicante and Navarre. The northwest corner of Spain, Galicia, with its bitter Atlantic climate, is even making dessert wines, called “Tostadillos” in the village of Ribadivia (similar to France’s “Vin de Paille”). The Canary Islands have made interesting dessert wines for centuries (they are mentioned by Shakespeare, for example) and in recent years the quality of winemaking has been improved and the Canary Islands wines are being better marketed now. The winemaking styles for “Vinos Dulces” are also diverse, from “Late Harvest” (Vendimia Tardía) to “Fortified Wines” (Fermentación Parcial). Based on in-spain.info.Aragón Aragon (wikipedia)Calatayud Donominación de Origen Calatayud (Official Site, Spanish) | Calatayud Appellation (espvino) | DO Calatayud (Wines From Spain) |
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