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• Sonoma-W Likes this wine: 95 points

  January 6, 2023 - Excellent! Drinking perfectly

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• jonathanwilliam Likes this wine: 91 points

  December 20, 2022 - Very good, if not quite what I had hoped for. I will leave the bottle for another year and see where we are then.

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• forceberry wrote: 84 points

  September 22, 2022 - 100% Tinto Fino from multiple parcels in Ribera del Duero. Fermented partly in whole bunches with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks, macerated for 2-3 weeks. Aged for 16 months in partly new (normally around 1/3) French oak barriques. 15,5% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Dense, youthful and completely opaque, pitch-black appearance. The nose feels very big, noticeably ripe and even slightly boozy with dense, extracted and very concentrated aromas of black cherries, some toasty oak spice, a little bit of blackcurrant jam, light pruney tones, a green hint of minty lift, a touch of alcohol heat and a whiff of cocoa powder. The wine feels, dense, extracted and noticeably ripe on the palate with a very full body and concentrated, sweetly-fruited flavors of soft dark plums and overripe black cherries, some toasty oak spice, a little bit of molten dark chocolate, light earthy notes, a hint of extracted woody bitterness and a touch of blackcurrant marmalade. The overall feel is very big, hot and robust - almost porty - but structurally the wine feels relatively soft for such an extracted wine, thanks to its medium acidity and ample but very ripe and quite gently grippy tannins that slowly pile up on the gums. The finish is powerful, hot and moderately grippy with an extracted and somewhat sweet-toned aftertaste of wizened black cherries, some extracted woody bitterness, a little bit of toasty oak spice, light mocha tones, a hint of blackcurrant marmalade and a touch of prunes. The high alcohol makes the wine end on a hot and boozy note.
  
  A huge, too extracted and borderline overripe Ribera del Duero that is lacking in finesse, structure and complexity. This feels like a wine where the only thing that matters is the level of ripeness, concentration and extraction. The fruit here feels super-ripe, super-concentrated and a bit too sweet-toned to be taken seriously, whereas structurally I find the wine wanting badly. There's definitely a lot of tannins here, but they feel very ripe and gentle, thus they don't really bring enough firmness nor make up for the lack of acidity here. But probably the worst thing here is the ridiculously high alcohol, which makes the wine feel rather hot at times and - along with the sweet-toned fruit flavors - almost porty. Sure, this lumbering giant of a wine is very big and impactful, but to me, it is just way too unbalanced for pleasure. Not my thing.

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• gjolbo Likes this wine: 94 points

  August 7, 2022 - In perfect drinking window

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• melvinyeowq wrote:

  February 7, 2022 - Park90 night: Thought this was an Italian or a new-world. Modern with lots of dark fruit of blueberries, quite heavily extracted. Exhibited some port-like qualities so wasn't surprised when I found out it clocked in at 15.5%. Heavy winemaker signature on this, to a point where I didn't get a sense of place anymore.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Dominio Pingus
• Varietal Tempranillo
• Designation Flor de Pingus
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Ribera del Duero
• UPC Code 8437011601261

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• In Cellars 1,394 (51%)
• Consumed 1,241 (46%)

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