the start of fermentation
the main thing keeping us awake at night was the water stress on our dry grown vines
which is ideal for Pinot Noir
in the hills east of Rutherford
The palate is driven by a streak of plum skin like acid and cool
Bodegas Atalaya 'Alaya' 2014 bodegas-castro-martin the start of fermentationThe Alaya sports 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. Pair with paella, pasta, vegetables, mushrooms, stewed meat, sausage, pork, roast meat, red and or white meat with sauces, grilled meat, short or medium cheeses.