Dominio De Atauta 2008 is made from 100% Tempranillo. Aging for 18 months in French oak barrels. It's an elegant wine, with a mineral character.
Tasting notes, Intense cherry colour. On nose, complex and intense. Fragrances of fine cocoa, minerals and fruit. On palate, delicious, round and fleshy. Dry but ripe tannins with a smoky aftertaste.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 91 points(01/06/2011)
The entry-level offering is the 2008 Dominio de Atauta, aged in 40% new French oak for 18 months before bottling without filtration (as are each of these wines). It delivers an inviting nose of earthy minerality, wood smoke, and blackberry leading to an elegant expression of Tinto Fino with impressive depth and concentration.
Proensa Guide: 88 points
Peñin Guide: 92 points(01/01/2012)
Cherry red colour, garnet rim. On nose, spicy, creamy oak, toasty, candied fruit. On palate, tasty, toasty, ripe tannins.
Pairing: Aged Cheese, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Legume, Roasts, Stews.
Built in 2000 and excavated from the rock on the valley slopes on four levels to take advantage of gravity and avoid unnecessary pumping which favours the quality of the wine. The wine cellar is the work of the architect Luis Jiménez Morales, which manages to blend in perfectly with its... surroundings in search of equilibrium with the original tower of the dovecote.
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