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2008 Bodegas Ateca Calatayud Atteca Old Vines
Garnacha
- Spain
- Aragón
- Calatayud
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Community Tasting Notes 50
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levinml wrote: 88 points
June 22, 2022 - Good value, weeknight wine. Still drinking well, although third night under pump started to get very grapy. Guess 7 years past peak for $15, that’s not bad performance.
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Wineteacher Likes this wine: 88 points
April 5, 2020 - At release, this wine was vibrant and tannic. Now, the wine is medium weight and still quite bright in color and taste. Although softer, this wine hasn’t picked up much in complexity characteristics of a mature wine. Still ok to good but no blockbuster.
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NuTricks wrote: 77 points
February 28, 2018 - Very cloudy. Raisiny on the nose. Definitely on the downhill slide. Drink ‘em if you got ‘em. Waited too long. Tasted last week and opened another bottle last night. Same result.
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guribh wrote: 85 points
August 18, 2016 - Drinks well now. Dark, dense, bramble, vanilla hints. For some reason, I am growing tired of what appears to me as "designer" projects like this. A country wine, amped up with wood for a "new world" appeal, put in a heavy bottle (adding a few dimes to the cost), nice label and voila - we can charge more (as we're sure to get someone to pronounce "hedonistic fruit bomb" or similar...). I seem to recall conversations with winemakers I respect a lot in CdP that said that Grenache does not take well to wood. I can see here why that was said. Tastes like a shotgun wedding. My rant above notwithstanding, it is not a bad wine, just not me type tonight....
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kronfeld wrote: 88 points
October 28, 2012 - Drinking nicely now. Rough edges smoothed.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Bodegas Ateca
- Varietal Garnacha
- Designation Atteca Old Vines
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Spain
- Region Aragón
- SubRegion n/a
- Appellation Calatayud
- UPC Code 819451007250
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
- In Cellars 151 (28%)
- Consumed 397 (72%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
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- RegionAragón
- AppellationCalatayud
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