Bodegas Ateca Atteca Old Vine Garnacha 2014
-
James
Suckling
Product Details
Your Rating
Somm Note
Winemaker Notes
Pairs well with rice, pasta, (noodles, spaghetti, macaroni), vegetables, mushroom, stewed meat, sausage, pork, roast meat, red and/or white meat with sauces, grilled meat, short or medium cheeses.
Professional Ratings
-
James Suckling
A lovely red with ripe cherries, currants, plums and hints of slate. Medium body, soft tannins and a long, warm and focused finish. From 100% garnacha. Drink now.
Other Vintages
2020-
James
Suckling
-
James
Suckling
-
Robert
Parker
-
James
Suckling
-
Wine
Enthusiast
-
Robert
Parker
-
Wine
Spectator -
Robert
Parker
-
Robert
Parker
Bodegas Ateca was founded just outside the town of Ateca, Calatayud by the Gil Family in 2005. The focus is cultivating old-vine Garnacha, some dating back to the early 20th century, on slate-based vineyards at about 3,000 feet above sea level, some of the highest vineyards in the region. Clay loam deep below the rocky slate allows the vines to obtain moisture and the vineyards to be dry-farmed, lending to low-yields, intensity and structure.
The vines are bush-trained, dry-farmed, hand harvested and farmed without the use of pesticides or herbicides. The wines are fermented in stainless steel before being transferred to French oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and aging.