(90 points) The 2009 La Atalaya is 85% Garnacha Tintorera and 15% Monastrell that spent 12 months in French oak. It, too, sports a glass coated with glycerin as well as a super-fragrant nose of exotic spices, lavender, incense, and black raspberry. Succulent, layered, and totally pleasure-bent, this plush offering has a smooth-as-silk finish totally unexpected from a wine of this humble price. It is an amazing value in unrestrained hedonism. Bodegas Atalaya was founded in 2007 by the Gil family of Jumilla. The prominent grape variety in Almansa is Garnacha Tintorera (Alicante Bouschet) along with Monastrell. Wine Advocate #195 Jun 2011
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