Bodegas Atalaya Alaya Tierra, Almansa, Spain

阿塔拉亞酒莊阿拉雅大地紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：2455

The opaque and very dark 2021 Alaya Tierra has a heady nose with very ripe berry fruit, notes of tomato vine and a full-bodied and round palate with abundant, slightly dusty tannins. This matured in new French oak barrels for 15 months. It should develop nicely in bottle. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in April 2023.

The perfect Mediterranean vintage of 2020 delivered a 2020 Alaya Tierra that is very complete and powerful in its style, but with balance and depth and the clout to take the 15 months in new barriques. The wines from 2020 have more acidity and are a little less concentrated and especially balanced. This has 15% alcohol (the 2018 and 2018 had 15.5% and the 2017 had 16%). It has a little more balance and freshness, and despite the fact that the wine is very young and still marked by the élevage in barrel, it should come around with a little more time in bottle. A powerful, full-bodied, full-throttle Garnacha Tintorera. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021.

The 2019 Alaya Tierra, like all the wines from 2019, was marked by the torrential rains that hit the vineyards during the month of September. This is pure Garnacha Tintorera from old vines planted at 1,000 meters in elevation that matured in new barrels for 15 months. The wine is less concentrated and tannic than the 2018 I tasted next to it, a little more fluid, and with rounder tannins. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2021.

I tasted three vintages of their top red from Garnacha Tintorera, starting with the 2018 Alaya Tierra. In this cooler and lighter vintage, this has 15.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.87 with good acidity. It fermented in stainless steel with neutral yeasts and matured for 15 months in new French oak barrels. It has toasted aromas intermixed with notes of very ripe raspberries and tomato leaf. It's balsamic, heady and meaty. It's solid and full-bodied, a bit monolithic. It needs time and/or powerful food. 18,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2020.