Ateca

La bodega Ateca forma parte de una de las diez bodegas que conforman el grupo Juan Gil Family Estates. Esta bodega de Calatayud se caracteriza, al igual que el resto de las bodegas y viñedos del grupo, por la personalidad que quieren mostrar cada una de las zonas que representan a través de sus viñedos.

The Ateca winery is one of the ten wineries belonging to de Juan Gil Family Estates. This Spanish winery from Calatayud, along with the rest of the companies in this group, is well-know for its terroir-friven orientation and its use of indigenous grape varieties.

The Bodega Ateca winery is located in the hillside of the Ateca mountains, in the Calatayud DO, in the norther Spanish province of Aragón. The winery owns 55 hectares of vineyards spread out through small plots in the surrounding towns. This is a very dry region of Spain with an extreme climate and great temperature changes between days and nights. This micro-climate is ideal for grape cultivation.

The wines from the Ateca winery are all crafted from Grenache grapes, the native grape variety of this region. The grapevines are between 40 and 100 years-old, and the are located in slate soils at an altitude between 750-1000 meters above sea level. These grapevines have an average yield of 1500 Kg per hectare. These naturally concentrated grapes have an exceptional qualitiy that brings a particular richness, acidity and minerality to the wines. These wines, moreover, have a great ageing potential.

• Year of foundation: 2005
• Address: Av. San Blas, 41
• City: Ateca
  
• Province: Zaragoza
• Zip code: 50200
  
• Country: Spain
• Phone number: 34 968 435 022
  
• www.gilfamily.com
• Guided visits? No
• Wine tourism services? No

Designation of origin:

Calatayud

Red wine varieties:

Grenache.

White wine varieties: