Wine Profile
Wine Description
Producer:Dominio de Es
Country:Spain
Region:Ribera del Duero
Vintage:2017
Grape:
Red
Dominio de Es La Mata is a red wine produced in D.O. Ribera del Duero by the winery Dominio de Es, in San Esteban de Gormaz, Soria.
After 10 years as a technical manager in Dominio de Atauta, Bertrand Sourdais starts this personal project in Ribeira del Duero. Dominio de Es is formed by 4 vineyard areas (La Mata, Llanos del Almendro, Camino Olmillos and Valdegatiles) with pre-phylloxera vines on sandy soils, located at approximately 1000 metres of altitude.
The vineyards are cultivated biodynamically and, in the winery, they aim for a friendly and steady production, without the tannins that Bertrand Sourdais reflected in their wines some years ago. Ageing for long periods in large used barrels to give value to the finesse of the terroir where these fabulous wines are made.
“I found the 2017 La Mata, one of the two single-vineyard bottlings, quite marked by the toast of the barrels, and at the same time, it came through as quite ripe and a little heady, voluptuous and somehow baroque. It matured in brand-new 228-liter French oak barrels for 20 months, and right now comes through as very tannic and oaky and without the balance of the previous vintage. I have doubts about it, and if it’s able to digest all that wood, my score might be conservative.” Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate. (2019)
