Atteca Armas is made from 100% Grenache. Ageing for 18 months in French oak barrels.
Tasting notes: Dark cherry colour. Nose: ripe fruit and spicy aromas likes pepper and nutmeg. Mineral hints from the slate soils of the vineyard. It can still improve with time.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 91 points(01/04/2010)
The grapes for the 2007 Atteca Armas were sourced from a 13 acre hillside vineyard planted in 1909. It was aged for 18 months in new French oak. A glass-coating opaque purple color, it displays an enticing nose of pain grille, pencil lead, violets, plum, and black cherry. Structured and dense on the palate, this savory, full-flavored effort will evolve for 2-3 years and offer a drinking window extending from 2012 to 2022..
Bodegas Ateca is a collaboration between the Gil family of Jumilla and importer Jorge Ordonez.
Peñin Guide: 92 points(01/01/2011)
Very intense cherry red colour, garnet rim. On nose, creamy oak, sweet spices, chocolate, candied fruit, mineral. On palate, balanced, spirituous, round, ripe tannins.
Pairing: Aged Cheese, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Legume, Roasts, Stews.
Ateca winery was founded in 2005. This winery is located in Ateca (Zaragaoza) 14 km away from the Calatayud area. This vineyard has been planted on slate soil at high elevations and it is mainly made up of small parcels of old vines of the Grenache variety. The wines produced in this winery are the... result of of grape selection, organoleptic and analytical quality criteria and harvesting at the appropriate ripeness moment.
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