94pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The eponymous 2020 Dominio de Atauta feels superb, one of the finest bottlings of this cuvée to date. Produced with a selection of the best terroirs from the valley, it was cropped from a rainier year when there was no stress for the plants, which delivered larger and more bunches. They compare 2020 to 2016, another cooler year with vibrant wines and very good freshness. This feels a little lighter next to the warmer and drier 2019 despite having similar parameters of alcohol and acidity/freshness but with an extra kick here. The palate feels terribly balanced and has very fine tannins, great purity and a long, clean and tasty finish. It matured in barrels, 15% of them new, followed by four months in oak vats. This is the second largest production of this cuvée after 2016, with 56,335 bottles and 900 magnums. It was bottled in July 2022.

94pts Wine Enthusiast - Editor's Choice

This deep-ruby colored wine has aromas of blackberry, violet and cocoa powder. Black-cherry, raspberry, coffee-bean, cocoa-nib, licorice and rose-petal flavors are set into fine-grained tannins. A sense of fruit-filled brightness and chocolate covered mint flavors endure on the palate.

93pts Vinous

The 2020 Dominio de Atauta is a 100% Tempranillo sourced from old vines planted in the Atauta Valley in Soria, Ribera del Duero. Aged for up to 14 months in 15% new French oak barrels, followed by an additional five months in large oak vats, it's purple in color. On the nose, it exhibits a somewhat earthy character with notes of crushed cherry, plum and a hint of violet. Dry and relatively rich, the taut, responsive tannins precede a compact, enduringly flavorful finish.

90pts Wine Spectator

A medium- to full-bodied red, with notes of ripe red and black currant fruit, star anise, bay leaf and violet underscored by a subtle minerally streak of smoke and earth. Fresh and balanced. Drink now through 2028. 3,598 cases made, 1,000 cases imported.

Tasting Notes

Bright, cherry-red color with violet touches. Clean, intense, and complex aromas of red and black fruits accompanied by aromas of aromatic herbs that blend perfectly with a mineral background of chalk from the limestone rock on which the Atauta Valley sits.

It maintains the freshest and most elegant style, faithfully expressing the personality of the Atauta Valley. 

About the Wine

Dominio de Atauta is the result of a maximum commitment to the Atauta Valley.

A complex wine, where the typical characteristics of each sub-region of the valley are identified by the common denominator of the limestone rock that covers the entire valley, providing the minerality and freshness that make up the character of the Dominio de Atauta.

Of notable high quality, these will be wines of great balance, with plenty of fruit and a palate that is equally opulent and fresh.

Vineyard Notes

Average vineyard age: 130 to 190 years. 100% pre-phylloxera vineyards in the Atauta Valley. Altitude from 940m at the bottom of the valley to 1010m in the moorland areas.

Varied soil compositions: calcareous sands with pebbles, sandy or clayey loam.

About the Winery

At an altitude of 1,000 meters in the Soria town of Atauta, there is a unique valley that constitutes an authentic enological and ethnographic jewel. In this unique enclave, Bodegas Dominio de Atauta literally stands with the purpose of reflecting in its wines all the peculiarities that the Tinto Fino variety is capable of offering from pre-phylloxera vines that are more than a century old.

Bodegas Dominio de Atauta drinks from the tradition of a valley with more than five centuries of winemaking tradition and with extreme conditions, both due to the altitude at which it is located, as well as a climate with little rain and large temperature fluctuations. Based on this, the philosophy that Bodegas Dominio de Atauta has followed since its inception has been to pamper the fruit obtained in the vineyard throughout the entire cycle with exceptional qualities and carry out a careful intervention in the winery.

Over the years and adding an excellent human factor to the unique conditions of the terroir, Dominio de Atauta's wines have managed to carve out a niche for themselves among some of the most renowned wines from such an outstanding Designation of Origin as Ribera del Duero.

Grape Varietal: 100% Trempranillo