DOS FINCAS Ribera del Duero - Dominio de Atauta - 2021

75 cl

Robert Parker: 95 points

Alcohol content: 14.5% vol.

Grape varieties: 100% Tinto Fino

Vinification:

Tasting note:

The single vineyard wines will be released later, so I will taste them next year. In the meantime, they have produced the 2021 Dos Fincas, a new blend from their two best parcels, both on sandy soils. It's delicately tart and wonderfully balanced, with very fine tannins and a subtle chalky flavour. It was fermented with indigenous yeasts in 5,000 litre oak barrels and matured for 13 months in French oak barrels, 15 of which were new %. The two wines were then blended and aged in second use barrels to achieve a maturation period of 22 months. The wine has an alcohol content of 14.5 %, a pH of 3.68 and an acidity of 4.95 g. It is powerful but harmonious. It is powerful, but harmonious and more elegant than the parameters would suggest. The tannins are very elegant, the mouthfeel is velvety and finishes without edges. Delicious! 2,997 bottles were bottled in December 2023.

Dominio de Atauta:

The founding of Bodegas Dominio de Atauta in 1999 marked a turning point in Ribera del Duero. For the first time, a significant investment was made in the eastern part of the DO, which was considered difficult due to the altitude. The estate is located near the small village of Atauta and obtains all of its grapes from the small valley of the same name, in which around 400 plots are spread over a length of almost four kilometres. Following a change of ownership, the young oenologist Almudena Alberca has been responsible for the wines since 2010. Her aim is to make the wines more accessible. The estate is famous for its three single-vineyard wines, which are among the best ever made from Tempranillo on the Duero. Due to the severity of the climate, the wines have a clear acidity, appear very concentrated but at the same time elegant, which motivates the winemaker to be very careful with new wood.