Winery - Dominio de Atauta
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Meaty, earthy and dark, with a powerful consitution along with briar and sharpness. In the mouth, it’s a touchy customer with biting tannins, but as it unfolds you get a dark palate of black fruit, coffee, chocolate and spice. Big in flavor but not as complete or lush as in the past, which is a reflection of the vintage. Drink now through 2016.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Earthy, dark and meaty wine, with rubber, deep black fruit, bacon and leather on the nose. This is a typical huge wine from Atauta, with roasted plum, blackberry and ingrained spice flavors. Long on the finish, with tobacco, herb and oak character. Drinkable now but it’s hard and tannic; better to wait three to 12 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rich, earthy and structured, with graphite, bacon and dense black fruit aromas that promise the wine will pack punch. With big, biting tannins, it does that. The palate is dark and tight, with coffee, mocha and tough berry flavors. Finishes dry, toasty and tannic; needs three-plus years and will cellar well through 2020.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With red-fruit, leather and just enough funky aromas to stir the pot, this wine deserves a whirl. The body and style is somewhat tight and narrow, maybe a reflection of less-than-stellar vintage conditions. Nevertheless, it’s got all that you’d want in a young Ribera red.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Dense and meaty, with cured ham and earthy mineral notes. The rustic, untamed nose draws you in, but once you get inside things calm down. Yes, the palate’s saturated, but it stops short of bowling you over. On the finish, cherry and chocolate flavors bring it home. From a Spanish owner/French winemaker duo.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
What a beauty! Masculine aromas of black fruits, cola and oak sit there begging to be sipped, while the lush, deep palate is home to dense blackberry, cassis and chocolate flavors. Lively but dense, with tannins, plenty of oak and a finish of black pepper, fudge and vanilla. Complex and exciting Spanish wine. Needs time; best from 2012 through 2018.
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