Gil Family Estates Atalaya Laya 2023

Accolades:
90/100 – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
94/100 – Bob Campbell MW (2020 vintage)

“The entry-level 2023 Laya, produced with 70% Garnacha Tintorera and 30% Monastrell from dry-farmed 30-year-old vines on limestone and stony soils fermented in open-top stainless steel vats. It fermented with neutral yeasts and matured for four months in used French oak barrels, where it also underwent malolactic fermentation. It is fruit-driven and easy to drink, juicy, with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.79 and 5.6 grams of acidity. It has a very dark color and an expressive nose redolent of black olives and tomato vine, notes descriptive of the variety, with a Northern Rhône whiff. It’s juicy and round on the palate, with polished tannins. It delivers way above its price point.” – Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate

Tasting Note: Distinctive wine that combines complexity, structure and an intense cherry colour. Elegant, fresh and complex nose where ripe fruits and floral notes can be appreciated. Pleasant and fresh palate, balanced with sweet tannins, unctuous and enveloping with a unique mid-palate and long finish. Ideal to accompany with game meat and creamy rice dishes, stewed legumes, mushrooms, game and poultry, casseroles, fish and seafood sauce, smoked, cured and blue cheeses, grilled and roasted white and red meats.

Winemaking Notes: The grapes of Garnacha Tintorera & Monastrell come from vineyards located in Almansa between 700 and 1.000 metres of altitude planted on sandy soils and high amount of limestone. Maceration and Fermentation is carried out in separately in stainless-steel tanks at a controlled temperature. After malolactic fermentation the wine has remained in stainless steel tanks until bottled.

Alcohol: 14.5%

Variety: Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) and Monastrell (Mourvèdre)

Region: Almansa, Spain