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Lately I have been traveling a lot in northern Spain, and many times I have been visiting, or simply crossing Ribera del Duero. I have also been passing the city and province of Soria, without stopping. Now this has come to an end: Just like I did some ten years ago it was time to explore this often-forgotten but interesting high-altitude part of the DO Ribera del Duero.<\/p>\n

There is Bodegas Gormaz<\/em>, the former cooperative of San Est\u00e9ban de Gormaz, the area’s biggest village. They are the biggest company, owner of many old pre-phylloxera vines, controls over 1300 acres of vines and makes sound and solid wines. There is of course Bertrand Sourdais, formerly with Atauta, and his new project Ant\u00eddote<\/em>.<\/p>\n

There is Tierras de Guijarral<\/em>, a private project that makes ambitious wines under the Rudeles<\/strong> label in Pe\u00f1alba de San Esteban, on the way to Soria capital. Sergio Rup\u00e9rez, one of the four owners, is the Ru- of Rudeles. He is responsible winemaker. Today there is no fertilizing, and he also tells that he will convert to only organic cultivation and only autoctonous yeasts in a not too distant future.<\/p>\n

And there are others too. Our third article in this series will highlight a very promising producer.<\/p>\n

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Jaime Su\u00e1rez at Atauta<\/em><\/p>\n

However, few will deny that Dominio de Atauta<\/em> is the leading producer at the moment. I will dedicate the next article to them, so I will not give too much about the background here.<\/p>\n

When I made a stop (parada<\/em> in Spanish) to fill up the tank and found the Parada de Atauta<\/strong> in the shelves of the gas station, then I understood that there must be a certain culture here. This is the entry-level wine from the producer’s classical line.<\/p>\n

It’s a serious wine from min. 80 year old tempranillo vines, from in and around the Atauta valley. We are almost a thousand meters above sea level, and the soil is sandy and stony, typical of the area. The wine stayed a year in French oak.<\/p>\n

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Parada de Atauta 2014\u00a0<\/strong>(Dominio de Atauta)<\/em><\/p>\n

Dark purple colour. Smell of dark and red berries (blueberry, blackberry), violets, pepper and some coffee. The palate is also dominated by berries, with a cool freshness, velvety tannins, and a stony minerality.<\/p>\n

Price: Low<\/p>\n

Food: Red and light meat, rice dishes, pasta, roast vegetables…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lately I have been traveling a lot in northern Spain, and many times I have been visiting, or simply crossing Ribera del Duero. I have…<\/p>\n