Dominio de Atauta Valdegatiles

The 2018 Valdegatiles is the most structured of the single-vineyard bottlings from 2018, a challenging year with a happy end. This was bottled at 14.3% alcohol and with a pH of 3.51, so medium ripeness and a medium to full-bodied palate with good freshness, acidity and balance, but it's still a little marked by the élevage of 18 months in second use French oak barrels. This terroir has more clay, and the wines tend to be wider and more voluptuous, with generous tannins. This needs more time in bottle. 1,343 numbered bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2020.