Bodegas Atalaya, Alaya Tierra, Almansa

Bodegas Atalaya · Castilla La Mancha Almansa Spain

Red · Garnacha Tintorera
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
93 /100
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5
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92.6
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94
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Taster #7740 · Mar 26, 2015
94/100
Huge fruit and great acidity. The wine was performing really good on this day and were just amazing.
2011 vintage
Taster #0828 · Feb 10, 2014
93/100
oh my god! Drink in front of a fireplace and relax! Thik, smooth, sweet fruits, long! I had fun with every drop!
2011 vintage
Taster #6103 · Feb 8, 2014
90/100
Vinturi'ed & decanted for 2 hrs. Nice nose. Bit fruity tastes of dark fruit & plum. Nice finish. Drank over 2 days. Was still good on day 2.
2011 vintage
Taster #5887 · Jan 28, 2014
Clear and bright, deep ruby colour and presence of inky legs. The nose is clean and developing, showing pronounced intensity aromas of strawberry candy, dark plums, blackberry, truffle and toffee. The wine is off-dry with a low acidity, medium+ soft round tannins, high alcohol, full body and pronounced intensity flavours of strawberry, dark plums, truffle and toffee. Long finish. It is a very good quality wine with a great fruit concentration, a lingering finis and a good balance between alcohol …
2011 vintage
Taster #7740 · Jan 23, 2014
93/100
Huge levels of dark and intense fruit. Quite a bit of complexity and shows a lot of good structure and backbone. A lot better than I had expected but still quite a dense and massive wine.
2011 vintage
Taster #9572 · Dec 13, 2013
93/100
Dark Silky Purple Wine. The wine is Black Opaque and Stains the Glass a Deep Purple. The legs are Slow. It smells Black Fruit. It tastes of Black Fruit, Mineral, Light toast, very complex. The body is Full. The wine has Satin-like texture. The wine finishes Long Long Long. This is an Excellent Example of Mountain Wine Strong Fruit and Balanced Acidity with loads of flavors make this offering stand out from it's peers with similar names in Almansa.
2011 vintage
Taster #5845 · Oct 14, 2013
"2014" Sydney International Wine Show - stewarding notes; 10/13/2013-10/18/2013 (Blue Mountains, NSW) : {cork, 16%} The new world has no monopoly on turbo-charged wines; here’s the proof. Huge lift to the juicy, jammy flavours from what’s self-evidently high alcohol. Prune-like flavours, a touch of coarseness and plenty of heat are the palate’s distinguishing features. Full-bodied, with low acidity; despite the weight, much of the flavour is on the front of the tongue, and the finish is quite short and obviously …
2011 vintage