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Robert Parkers WineAdvocate
"I tasted the 2013 Pingus one week before the wine was to be bottled, but one never knows. I tasted the 2012 under the same circumstances last year, and after my tasting, Peter Sisseck decided the wine needed some more time, so the élevage was extended and the bottling delayed. I was told this should be very close to the bottled version. The nose is aromatic, expressive and open, quite perfumed and subtle, with no traces of oak (the wine now ages in used barriques); even the spices are very much in the background. The Pingus vineyards behaved quite well in a difficult vintage, as great vineyards are a lot more homogeneous, so the vines are very balanced: the two vineyards used for Pingus, San Cristobal and Barroso, were planted in 1929 with two different massale selections. The palate is also approachable and gentle, with very good acidity and very fine tannins, elegance and character. I think there will be very few (or none!) wines in Ribera in 2013 like this Pingus. Well done! Three weeks later, I received an email letting me know that the wine had been bottled, so I proceeded to taste the bottle version, which showed what the sample promised. 2013 will be a vintage, that in Ribera del Duero, will show the differences of the work in the vineyards and what they do at Pingus clearly paid off. Even after the recent operation, the wine is harmonious and feels very balanced; there is no dizziness and it keeps the poise. A real triumph for the vintage. 6,600 bottles were filled at the end of July 2015. Drink 2016-2026". 96 point
Om Domino de Pingus
Dominio de Pingus ligger i La Horra, som hører under Ribera del Duero. Ejer og vinmager, Peter Sisseck, er ønolog og fra Danmark. Dominio de Pingus er med rødder tilbage til 1995, stadigvæk et ungt vinhus , men navnet er slået fast med syvtommer søm.
Der produceres 4 forskellige vine, Flor de Pingus, en enkelt tønde cuvée kaldet Amelia (første årgang var 2003), flagskibet Pingus og så den nye Pingus PSI. Pingus PSI er et spændende projekt der handler mere om at afsøge de muligheder, der ligger gemt i de rodfæstede traditioner, i stedet for at præstere voldsomme vine, der stiler efter at slå benene væk under verdenspressen.
I en normal årgang ligger Flor de Pingus på de 4.000 kasser, 500 kasser af Flor de Pingus og Amelia er helt nede på de 25 kasser. Den nye Pingus PSI har svinget, mellem 9.600 og 16.600 kasser.
Flor de Pingus får druer fra små parceller der der ligger i La Horra zonen. Vinstokkene er alle over 35 år gamle og har været biodynamiske siden 2005. Parcellerne ejes eller lejes af Peter Sisseck, så Flor de Pingus kommer altid fra de samme stokke. I den forstand er det ikke en andenvin, men der er ingen tvivl om, at er en meget tæt tilnærmelse af Pingus til en brøkdel af prisen. Her er Pingus så med druer fra stokke der aldrig er under 65 år gamle, og med lavt udbytte samt samt at de er flasket direkte uden tilvirtkning eller filtrering.
Fælles for alle vinene er dog at de laves på 100% Tempranillo.
