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Notes
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| "Red cherry-coated. Seductive nose, very ripe berries, dewberry, aromatic herbs and slight floral fragrances can be noticed. It is a pleasant wine, refreshing and original." —winemaker |
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Critics' Notes
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"The 2009 La Atalaya is 85% Garnacha Tintorera and 15% Monastrell that spent 12 months in French oak. It, too, sports a glass coated with glycerin as well as a super-fragrant nose of exotic spices, lavender, incense, and black raspberry. Succulent, layered, and totally pleasure-bent, this plush offering has a smooth-as-silk finish totally unexpected from a wine of this humble price. It is an amazing value in unrestrained hedonism." —Jay Miller, The Wine Advocate
"Dark ruby. Smoky, spice-accented aromas of black raspberry, cherry-cola and minerals smells a lot like a northern Rhone wine. Juicy and precise on the palate, offering nervy dark berry and bitter chocolate flavors and slow-building spiciness. Dusty tannins add grip to the long, incisive finish. This could easily pass for a syrah." —Josh Raynolds, Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
"A very aromatic red, offering floral and spice overtones to the flavors of cassis, ripe cherry, damson plum and smoky mineral. Firm tannins structure this muscular red, but it's balanced, and should show more with time. Garnacha Tintorera and Monastrell. Best from 2014 through 2019. 10,000 cases made." —Alison Napjus, Wine Spectator
#54, Wine Spectator's 2012 Top 100 Wines |
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Food Suggestions
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| Garnacha | red meat, game or roast pork | Bleu d'Auvergne, Camembert, Chevrotin des Aravis, Fourme d'Ambert or Reblochon | tomato based sauces, pepper, mushrooms or earthy sauces |
| Monastrell | red meat or game | Bleu d'Auvergne, Camembert, Chevrotin des Aravis, Fourme d'Ambert or Reblochon | pepper, mushroom or earthy sauces |
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