in the hills east of Rutherford
Some barrel stirring through fermentation and post fermentation give it added complexity
Traces of crushed graphite mingle on the finish
the start of fermentation
the main thing keeping us awake at night was the water stress on our dry grown vines
Bodegas Atalaya 'Alaya' 2014 bodegas-castro-martin in the hills east ofThe 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.