La Mala - Dominio de Atauta

La Mala

Production

837 bottles

Red Wine

Variety

Tinto Fino

Ageing

18 month in french oak barriques

La Mala is an Estate wine made in Bodegas Dominio de Atauta. It reveals the personality of an estate located in the Atauta Valley that has a depth of only 0.7 m up to the layer of calcareous rock. Because of this shallow depth, each vine’s yield is extremely low. This, together with the soil’s special characteristics, provides one of the most interesting wines made by the bodega. The plot of land takes its name precisely from the low yield of its vines, which formerly was considered unprofitable and, therefore, called ‘La Mala’ (the bad one).

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Denomination of origin

Ribera del Duero

Tasting Note

Black cherry colour. This is an aromatic wine with a wide variety of aromas of herbs, such as lavender, rosemary and camomile, combined with ripe red and black forest fruit and slight hints of coffee and spices. It has a smooth and aromatic mid-palate accompanied by a tannin with a fine granular texture. Good acidity and balance.

Food Pairing

It is ideal with roast suckling lamb and goat. It is also a great accompaniment to sweetbreads, mushrooms, mountain paellas (mainly rabbit) and black truffles.

Ageing

18 month in french oak barriques

Winery

Year of fundation:: 2000

Wineyards:: 15 hectares of vineyards and 30 hectares of vineyards controlled

Altitude:: 980-1050 m

Average producction:: 2.500 kg/ha

Average annual production:: 100.000 bottles

Age of the vineyard:: Pre-phylloxerix 120-140 years

Average rainfall:: 430 mm

Ageing:: Barrels of different sizes French oak from different coopers.