Dominio de Atauta Llanos del Almendro 2012

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Region

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Vintage
2012

Size
750ML

ABV
15%

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Winemaker Notes

Llanos del Almendro is one of the Estate wines made in Bodegas Dominio de Atauta. It is made with grapes from a small plot of land located in the Atauta Valley, and the main characteristic of this plot is its sandy soil with cobbles on the surface. The poor properties of this sandy soil, together with the higher temperatures accumulated by this soil thanks to the cobbles, help the grapes mature more slowly, providing a greater complexity of tastes and aromas.

Professional Ratings

  • 96
    A dense and polished version, this red offers a balance of fruit and savory notes, with plum, graphite, licorice, tar and smoke hints. A bit reserved for now, but balanced, harmonious, powerful and graceful overall.
  • 94
    Massive blackberry, vanilla and marshmallow aromas are voluptuous. A just-right mix of lushness and tannins determines the palate, which hosts toasty flavors of chocolate and blackberry. A smooth finish with firm but manageable residual tannins is intense but not rough.
  • 93
    As with other "paraje" bottlings (from very small plots in the same zone of the village), I tasted the 2012 Llanos del Almendro next to the 2013, and I was able to see how different the two vintages are. The grapes here achieved 15% alcohol and come from a north-facing slope at 965 meters in altitude planted with ancient vines. The wine fermented in small stainless steel vats with indigenous yeasts and matured in second use French oak barrels for a period of 16 months. 2012 was a super dry year, quite the opposite of 2013. This is one elegant and powerful Ribera, with the freshness of the zone and soil and the power given by the natural concentration of the vintage.

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