A fantastic Saturday evening with grilled Rostas with side dishes, accompanied by a world-class wine;
Bodegas Pintia Toro Pintia 2007 100% Tempranillo
70% French oak and 30% American oak. The first sip reveals a funky aroma with a bit of burnt brick, the alcohol stings a bit. This means that the decanter arrives and after about 1 hour everything is in place. The tannins are so precise, they together with the low-key acidity, reveal that we are only at the beginning of the drinking window. Blackberries and black currants with hints of slightly sour raspberries. The autumn leaves, with all that these tertiary notes imply, are knocking on the door.
Have said it before, Pintia is best drunk with a few years on the neck. A lot of sediment, requires careful filtration when decanting 👌🍷
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Part of the Vega Sicilia family of wineries, Sothebys’ ex-Bodega auction, 100% Tinto de Toro aka Tempranillo, 15%, 6 hours decant before the initial sip, approximately 15 months in 70% French and 30% USA oak, 12+ months in the bottle before release. Purplish-red on the eye…reminiscent of Scarlett Johansson on the runway 💃. Robust, olfactory-encompassing, earthy dark cherries…broad-shouldered, powerful fragrance not for the faint of👃. Medium+ bodied, ultra-dry dusty gripping tannins, blend of aged herbs and dark berries…savoury and spice and everything nice…3 glorious hours of swirling, sniffing and sipping. Pleased as punch to have several more bottles to sip over the coming decade 🕺. Korean tuna and kimchi soup, spicy stir-fried beef and boiled pork dumplings were pleased to Gangnam-style dance with Toro yumminess…cross-culture hybrid dinners at my condo (read lazy) rock 🤤
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Following the suggestion below, this was given a 1 hour decant. However, on opening the wine presented a nose of chocolate, vanilla and black fruit. The wine is full-bodied with soft tannins, mouth-filling and supple. A beautiful wine.
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100% Tempranillo, 70% is on French oak and 30% on American oak. An absolutely wonderful fruit in the form of blackberries, black currants, sour raspberries. Fine minerality, tobacco and autumn leaves. The acidity and tannins are in harmony, it is impossible to say that this wine is 15 years old, incredibly viral and resilient. This vintage will be even better within 5 years, but are absolutely wonderful to drink right now. Needs about 1 hour in a carafe.
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thick and bold tempranillo, always intense and complex with notes of dark chocolate, leather and underbrush. Still alive and kicking but probably at the end of its best drinking window. In a fresh evening at Chiavari looking ahead
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big and thick as Pintia is used to be. Dark rubin, notes of overripe plums and dark chocolate, at the palate still shows some tannins and a mouthfilling complexity with graphite, leather and underbrush. 2007 vintage a notch below 2004 - which was richer - but not disappointing at all.
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100% Tinta de Toro. Cold-soaked for up to 5 days before the fermentation in oak vats, aged in French (70%), American (25%) and Hungarian (5%) oak barrels for 12 months. Bottle #41312 of total 218178 bottles produced. 15% alcohol.
Quite dark, almost fully opaque blackish-red color with a developed hint of maroon. The nose is brooding and somewhat restrained with dark-toned aromas of ripe plums, some licorice root, a little bit of savory oak spice, light sweet notes of wizened figs, a hint of sweet, toasty oak and a touch of earth. The alcohol shows a bit through. The wine is dry, extracted and quite weighty on the palate with a full body and concentrated flavors of toasty oak spice, some developed raisiny notes, light sweet notes of ripe plummy fruit, a little bit of old leather, a hint of dried dates and a touch of vanilla. The alcohols shows quite a bit. The overall feel is pretty muscular with the ample, grainy tannins that are ripe yet still quite noticeably grippy and moderately high acidity. The finish is long, rather tannic and even quite hot with powerful, extracted flavors of ripe blackcurrant and dark plummy fruit, some meaty umami, a little bit of dried pruney fruit, light peppery tones, a hint of old leather and a sweet touch of toasty mocha oak.
Like I said three years ago, this wine doesn't need any further cellaring and will keep for another 5-7 years. Well, the wine doesn't seem to have improved from my last taste (April 2017) and although structurally the wine is still very unresolved and tightly-knit, it feels like it is starting to fade away in the taste department. The nose was as restrained and understated as before and the flavors are getting more muddled and clumsy with the age, not gaining the finesse and complexity I had hoped for. I really don't see this wine getting any better with further cellaring; best to drink now or within the next few years. Despite being quite a massive powerhouse of a wine, this is really nothing special to write home about.
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Too young in my view. Still quite tannic which obscures the flavors lurking underneath. Not very generous yet. I will save my other bottle as long as possible.
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Top notch wine! I didn't expect this! Toro is known for its fullbodied, dense and tannic red wines. Well, it's true, but with 13 years in the cellar this wine is also balanced, laid-back and with some complexity. Dark fruit, oak, licorice and leather makes this wine a perfect to companion to a beef tenderloin with homemade fries, bea butter, red wine sauce and Vergés tomatoes. A match made in heaven!
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Wow, what a wine, crazy good yesterday, even better today! What quality Pintia shows, just pure harmony. There is a licorice tone that is cruel. 13 years but this wine will be even better in 5 years, crazy! If you buy this wine, be patient .... ��������
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deep rubin red at the eye, at the beginnin some alchool notes rapidly fading away, complex nose of marasca and secondary scents (mainly licorice, leather, roasted coffee); consistent palate where the thickness of the wine delivers dark chocolate notes. After some time spices appear. Austere but elegant and complex, seems at the end of its drinking window. In the first evening of the new year
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Could not believe my own eyes when I found this bottle for 45€ in a restaurant. A very nice wine that is a bit more raw and backwards compared to the more polished and charming 2008. Wait a couple of years for an even better experience...
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Clear deep ruby; clean medium plus nose of cassis, dark brambly fruit, leather, cloves, cinnamon, cedar, black licorice and vanilla; developing; dry; medium plus acidity; medium plus tannins; high alcohol; medium plus body; medium plus flavor intensity; pfn with addition of tar; long finish; outstanding quality; drinking really well now but has potential to peak in another 5 years; really awesome wine - would have scored it higher but it felt a touch thin in the mouth
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rubin red at the eye, still youthful; complex nose of red fruit and secondary scents (licorice, leather, roasted coffee); consistent palate where the thickness of the wine is evident reminding to dark chocolate and underbrush. Spicy aftertaste. A thick wine, austere but elegant and complex, with still some years ahead.
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Appearance: Bright and clear, deep ruby in color, with narrow fading rims and legs. Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackberry and ripe dark cherries, oak notes of vanilla and toast, kernel notes of milk chocolate, animal notes of leather, maturity notes of underbrush. The wine is developing. Palate: Dry with medium acidity, medium tannin of ripe and velvety texture, the wine has medium (+) alcohol, full body with medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackberry and plum, oak notes of vanilla, kernel notes of milk chocolate, maturity notes of underbrush. The wine has a medium finish. Conclusion: Very good quality Toro with nice concentration on the nose showing good complexity, the wine is robust and powerful, rich and having nice velvety tannin, on top of fairly good intense palate of similar flavors and having reasonable length on the finish. It is ready to drink now but can further develop for another 3-5 years.
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2007 vintage not as complex as 2004 athough deep and seductive. Poor fruit left, leather, pencil, underbrush, wet leaves. Oak in the far backgound. Tannins are smoothed but you can tell this wine is bold and monolithic in the mouth. Thick and elegant at the same time. PD agrees again after five
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less complex and armonic than 2004, this tempranillo shows notes of dark cherries mixed with hints of earth and underbrush and roasted coffee sometimes coupled with some balsamic notes. The ensamble is thick and sandy, rustic but balanced but not as impressive and memorable as 2004 was.
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Drinking well now, medium fine tannins, medium acidity, quite powerful flavours with ripe plums making room for warm spices, licorice and vanilla, alcohol is a little showy but there is no doubt as to the pedigree here. Finishes warm and long. One for the winter.
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Dark ruby. Powerful aromas of black berries: black currant, chokeberry, blueberry. Chocolate, spices, violet. Leather shoes Tannic, intense, full-bodied. Dry, pronounced bitterness which doesn't distract. Complex wine
No doubts it's Spanish wine if tasted blind. Reflects Toro terroir '07 seems to be weaker compared to other vintages. Wine is ready to drink, will stay long at its peak, but not sure if it improves w/ yrs to come. Great modern Toro from top bodega, however year is not that great
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At first...juicy fresh rainier cherries in a barnyard. Very light. With time it gained weight. A bit of plum. The barnyard funk blew off. Fresh cherries turned to dried cherries. A little black pepper. Chalky limestone. After more time the fresh cherries came back but much darker. Smooth. No longer peppery. Still a hint of plums but definitely cherries dominate. Can last for many more years. Drink or hold. IMHO tempranillo is one of the most diverse wines. Pinot Noir can be too but tempranillo seems more so.
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At first...juicy fresh rainier cherries in a barnyard. Very light. With time it gained weight. A bit of plum. The barnyard funk blew off. Fresh cherries turned to dried cherries. A little black pepper. Chalky limestone. After more time the fresh cherries came back but much darker. Smooth. No longer peppery. Still a hint of plums but definitely cherries dominate. Can last for many more years. Drink or hold. IMHO tempranillo is one of the most diverse wines. Pinot Noir can be too but tempranillo seems more so.
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100% Tinta de Toro. Cold-soaked for up to 5 days before the fermentation in oak vats, aged in French (70%), American (25%) and Hungarian (5%) oak barrels for 12 months. Bottle #63074 out of 218178 bottles produced. Alc. 15% ABV.
Quite opaque, slightly developed blackcurrant color. Upon opening the nose was rather restrained, muted even, but then it started to exhibit some developed notes of earth, meaty character, some smoke, a little wizened dark forest fruits and hints of woody oak. On the palate the wine is ripe, full-bodied and meaty with opulent flavors of plums, prunes, sweet oak spice, some vanilla, a little bit of wizened dark berries and hints of leather. The structure is still rather tightly-knit with prominent yet ripe tannins and moderately high acidity. Although dry, the flavors are rather sweet with their obvious ripeness and slightly dried fruit character. The finish is a bit drier than the sweetly-fruited midpalate with some noticeable tannic astringency with very juicy flavors of dark sunny fruit, some sour plums, a little dusty earth, a hint of aromatic oak and a touch of prunes. Alcohol (15%) makes the wine finish on a rather warm note.
A good, big and impressive Tempranillo, but despite its impressive size, the wine is, however, pretty predictable modern Toro with lots of extraction and quite noticeable oak but rather little of real depth. The oak seemed to have started to integrate with the fruit, so the wine seemed more developed and less oak-heavy what I can imagine it must've been in its youth, but I still would've preferred even less noticeable oak. Doesn't necessarily require any more cellaring, but probably will keep - possibly even develop - over 5-7 more years. Felt a bit overpriced at 39,90€.
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On opening I wasn't that impressed. It came over as dominated by oak with a short finish. However having decanted half into a 375ml bottle for 48 hours I found quite a different wine. The fruit and oak seemed better integrated and it finished with some nice black fruit flavour and not toasty oak. It wasn't a great year but if you're considering drinking this soon (and you can) then I really recommend a decant.
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Totally top! Deep brooding ruby, slow moving tainted legs. Medium(+) wide-ranging mature aromas of black berry, leather, tobacco, leather, coffee beans, spice box. Dry, medium(-) acidity, medium-medium(+) ripe fully integrated slightly sweet tannin, medium(+) alcohol, full body. Medium(+) powerful palate of cherry, red plum, leather, mocha, Balanced, fantastic structure. Long finish, with acidity, palate and firm tannins playing and complementing each other. Matured really well, fully integrated and intriguing. An absolute delight. Impressed and happy. Need to buy more!
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Black more or less; pruny spiced jammy nose; soft, powerful, some caramel, a bit sweetness, tannins behind and a bit mouthplucking at the end; not an elegant wine, more about power and ripe fruit, perhaps a bit jammy and a slightly burning aftertaste
var ett tag sedan jag drack en Pintia och senaste årgången var 2005 men vinet är fortfarande extremt bra och prisvärd.
denna 2007 hade lite härlig bordeauxnäsa och så klart massor av mörk mörk frukt. Vinet är lite alkoholhett vilket är ett minus men det är ett ruskigt gott grillvin som man måste köpa ett par flaskor av omgående.
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Double decanted for 3hrs and cooled down. Far far better. Extremely dark with lovely aromatics of fennel, lovely mouthfeel and long-albeit slightly dry finish. Some nice stewed red fruit too. Bit low acidity and heavy going, but hedonistic and enjoyable. Will be better in two years.
The second bottle of the evening. Dark, opaque purple. Aromas of oak, dark berries and liquorice. Gripping tannins...perhaps, dare we say it, a bit too much. We love tannins, but overwhelming at the moment, which adversely impacted the balance. The fruit was lost. We think it needs a few more years before trying again. Fortunately, we have a case ;-)
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Very dark colour. Closed powerful and oaky nose at first. After 45 min develops cherry and vanilla on the nose. Smooth on the palate, one-dimensional at first but improves over two hours. Dark cherry, vanilla, toast and roasted nuts. Beautiful and elegant length. Accomplished.
Dark Temp. mature and charming wine. I now know that I like my Pintia about 5-8 years old. Still fruity and not raiseny. This wine did not see the decanter and it was not missed....
Dark red color with effective bouquet of red and black fruits with tinge of mint and baking spices. The palate has fruit and is fleshy however a bit flatter than suggested by the bouquet.
Popped and poured, but really needs a 2hr double decant at the moment in order to unfurl. Tasting notes with next bottle from case. Only 87pts initially, this was still improving to the last sip. I'd expect this to be ~91pts with better treatment. Not sure I'd cellar for more than 2-3yrs. Some prominent alcohol showing at stages.
Had in a restaurant in Madrid for dinner. Beautiful hot evening outside (terrace). Wine was too warm initially, benefited from cooling it down. At 15 C it was wonderful. Probably will improve over the next 3 to 5 years.
épaulé 7 heures, nez de cassis, menthol et poivre noir. En bouche un beau coté épicé, fruits noir, belle touche de bois, de tanins et d'acidité, le tout bien balancé. Un grand vin
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This was the big surprise over the Alion tasted in parallel. More elegant, fruity, and balanced than the Alion. Less alcoholic and overall giving a better character. Nice dark fruit, toast, and woody notes with earth notes and a medium finishing.
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Fantastic stuff. Expressive nose, notes of cedar, black currant, black pepper, with touches of anise and menthol. Medium finish, and still plenty of grip. Drinking great
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Had this after a 2004 Saint Pierre. I am usually a big fan of this wine (and scored it 93 a couple weeks ago), but having after the 2004 Saint Pierre I found it slighly too sweet and was lacking the nuanced complexity of the Bdx which showed great. Still a good wine but putting it against the similar priced Saint Pierre made it look pale.
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Vanilla, nicely integrated oak, good length and depth and a slight seductive sweetness. For me this is one of the best Spanish wines in this price category. At 15 pct it is a real heavyweight. Drink now till 2025.
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Decanted for 2 houers - can do more. Still a kid but very nice and ready to drink. Will develop for next many years. Dark purple color with looong and sloooow legs. Aroma of tobacco, fresh dry oak, minty and tee tree. Flavor much the same with some earth and moisty wood. Plenty of tannins, fruits and acidity as expected. Full body with fleshy texture still sharp and round. Long finish. Top dollar glas of Pintia - a nice modern Vega Secilia sister. Enjoy OT
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Rich, smokey, deep red fruits but well put together, esp considering the Toro locations (heat). Not hot on the palette. Holds the alc very well. Always a pleasure.
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Very Young. Modern. Predominate primary aromas of dark fruit with hints of vanilla / wood. The palate shows great structure and balance. Promises a great wine with additional aging. I would wait another 5 years to drink another bottle (2019).
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Definitely a big wine, and young. Dark fruit, some toasty oak, some leathery notes. Nice wine for a nice occassion, but I would definitely give it some time before opening one of these again.
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Au restaurant. Rapide passage en carafe. Couleur cerise noire brillante. Nez sur la cerise, avec une touche florale. Bouche tout en finesse, malgré les 15% de volume d'alcool, avec une très belle longueur. Totalement différent du 2004 qui demande encore quelques années de garde, alors que ce 2007 me semble déjà prêt, avec de la réserve bien sûr.
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Rich and 'big'. Very dark cherry. Some smoke maybe. Decanter 2hrs night 1. Smooth and holds the alc well. Great night 2 as well. A finesse wine considering how hot toro is. Good acidity and balance. Very well done and went great with a BBQ t-bone!
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Your Thoughts On ... Vega-Sicilia (Rotterdam): 100% Tinto de Toro (Tempranillo). Purplish red colour. Sweet dark fruits, espresso and chocolate. Quite muscular on the palate with underlying refreshing acidity, some rustic tannins and earth, medium to long finish! Needs time …
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Drinking from mag. V primary and dense but the fruit is there in abundance. This has years and years to go with enough structure and bulk to see out many many years. Leave alone for another 5 yrs if poss
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sweet mulberry taste, dark red, even black fruit, very pleasing! this is the tempranillo you are looking for, smooth. but despite the sweetness cellaring is recommended, at least 3 years... oak scent disappears with airation^^, great modern wine.
no meat in the house, arrgh!!
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Dark red; intense flavour full nose, pepper, ripe mulberries, fresh dark fruit; plentiful tannins, a bit flat, tame, mute; good flavours, but probably not optimal timing
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Volatile nose with only slight fruit. Some appley zing and raisin notes coming through all the tobacco, chocolate truffle, peat, cinnamon and bitter almond. With longer exposure some red fruits and blue flowers strat to emerge. Medium to fullbodied palate with rather tannic grip, balancing acidity and balsamico fruit. Cacao, dusty cedar and leather. Long. Structurally young but with extremely ripe fruit character and plenty of funky stuff going on. Hard to tell where this one is going.
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Un beau produit qui n'a pas le boisé dérangeant typique qui me déplaît habituellement dans les vins espagnoles ! Matière bien mure qui est bien encadré dans une structure solide et tannique pour le moment mais qui a tout pour se fondre admirablement bien dans quelques années (8-10 ans minimum).
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We should have decanted. The first sips were on the harsh side with lots of rough edges. It did mellow after ~ 30 minutes so some decanting is advisable at this stage. Good extraction and density here, modern Spain in style. Dry wood tannin spoils the show. This wine could really use some time to mature we believe (or we hope). 88-89 at the moment.
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Creamy blackberry and blackcurrent fruit along with some purple flowers. Generous, ripe and modern in the mouth with just a hint of underlying earth. It finishes with decent freshness and good length.
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Surely one of the most dense wines I've tasted. Unfortunately way too tough right now... My ratings are as always based on the tastyness today. The quality deserves more.
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Intensywny kolor dojrzalej czeresni. Zapach dzikiej jezyny. W smaku owoce lesne, ale za bardzo dzemowate, bez tanin i kwasowosci - wino za mlode do picia. CW Price: 170,00PLN - $56,66
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I’d be inclined to give Pintia 2007 100 points, but I admit that I don’t have the money to try the wines that other people have rated 100, or even 97. So there’s no way for me to know whether there’s something more transcendent than the amazing elixir I sampled here. So I’ll just give it the highest score I’ve given any wine – 95. But I really don’t know what else to wish for: eternal wisdom, ecstasy, true love? We’re talking about crushed grapes, after all!
Pintia 2007 starts with a spectacular nose of expensive cologne, followed up by beautiful garnet color, nice weight, intense but not overpowering fruit and a long, lingering dry finish. It’s practically bewitched in the effortlessness of its perfection. So many other highly rated wines seem to be trying too hard – piling fruit, oak, alcohol and “old vine character” into a great pyre of excess. Pintia doesn’t leave me wanting for anything, and it doesn’t make me regret anything, either. Perfect.
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Beau nez boisé, odeur de prunes. Au gout, les tannins sont bien présents et le gout de barrique est prononcé. J'aime plus ou moins. Préférable d"attendre encore avant de boire. Trop cher pour ce que cela apporte comme plaisir que je n'ai pas trouvé...
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Chris Cannan Portfolio Tasting (St. Regis - Washington, DC): Another vintage of Pintia, another over-oaked mess. DENSE oak on the nose that blocks all the stewed black and purple fruit from really emerging (maybe it's a good thing?). Palate is incredibly polished, smooth with muddled dark fruit and not surprisingly incredible amounts of vanilla and oak. After a sip my mouth was coated with this palate-staining mess for far too long. I'm just not getting it at all.
Still very good indeed. Had in a decanter a hour plus (double decanted). Starting to open out. Its been nearly a year since I had one form this vintage. Leave a while more for sure. It is more elegant than the alc % would suggest. Quite muscular though, but not over the top.
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A mouth full of powerful juicy wine with black fruits, good acidity and pleasant bitterness. The second day it was a little less robust, with less licorice, but it showed more elegance. Because there is a pleasant bit of sweetness it is already drinking very nicely from the start, but ageing this wine for about another 5 years will probably be rewarding because the wine will show more complexity. 90 for now and it will probably add 1 or 2 points withe some ageing.
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This was great. Decanted 2hrs though. Score will light I am sure! Good complexity, fruit, balance. Quite smokey and dark fruits. Fair bit of tannin. Very good length. I'd wait.
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4/20/2024 - SirJ Likes this wine: 94 Points
A fantastic Saturday evening with grilled Rostas with side dishes, accompanied by a world-class wine;
Bodegas Pintia Toro Pintia 2007
100% Tempranillo
70% French oak and 30% American oak. The first sip reveals a funky aroma with a bit of burnt brick, the alcohol stings a bit. This means that the decanter arrives and after about 1 hour everything is in place. The tannins are so precise, they together with the low-key acidity, reveal that we are only at the beginning of the drinking window. Blackberries and black currants with hints of slightly sour raspberries. The autumn leaves, with all that these tertiary notes imply, are knocking on the door.
Have said it before, Pintia is best drunk with a few years on the neck. A lot of sediment, requires careful filtration when decanting 👌🍷
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3/11/2023 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 93 Points
Part of the Vega Sicilia family of wineries, Sothebys’ ex-Bodega auction, 100% Tinto de Toro aka Tempranillo, 15%, 6 hours decant before the initial sip, approximately 15 months in 70% French and 30% USA oak, 12+ months in the bottle before release. Purplish-red on the eye…reminiscent of Scarlett Johansson on the runway 💃. Robust, olfactory-encompassing, earthy dark cherries…broad-shouldered, powerful fragrance not for the faint of👃. Medium+ bodied, ultra-dry dusty gripping tannins, blend of aged herbs and dark berries…savoury and spice and everything nice…3 glorious hours of swirling, sniffing and sipping. Pleased as punch to have several more bottles to sip over the coming decade 🕺. Korean tuna and kimchi soup, spicy stir-fried beef and boiled pork dumplings were pleased to Gangnam-style dance with Toro yumminess…cross-culture hybrid dinners at my condo (read lazy) rock 🤤
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2/19/2023 - Vinobc wrote: 94 Points
Following the suggestion below, this was given a 1 hour decant. However, on opening the wine presented a nose of chocolate, vanilla and black fruit. The wine is full-bodied with soft tannins, mouth-filling and supple. A beautiful wine.
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10/15/2022 - SirJ Likes this wine: 95 Points
100% Tempranillo, 70% is on French oak and 30% on American oak. An absolutely wonderful fruit in the form of blackberries, black currants, sour raspberries. Fine minerality, tobacco and autumn leaves. The acidity and tannins are in harmony, it is impossible to say that this wine is 15 years old, incredibly viral and resilient. This vintage will be even better within 5 years, but are absolutely wonderful to drink right now. Needs about 1 hour in a carafe.
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8/25/2021 - BillyT wrote:
Over the hill. Non descript.
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7/30/2021 - olracx62 wrote: 91 Points
thick and bold tempranillo, always intense and complex with notes of dark chocolate, leather and underbrush. Still alive and kicking but probably at the end of its best drinking window. In a fresh evening at Chiavari looking ahead
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1/19/2021 - olracx62 wrote: 92 Points
big and thick as Pintia is used to be. Dark rubin, notes of overripe plums and dark chocolate, at the palate still shows some tannins and a mouthfilling complexity with graphite, leather and underbrush. 2007 vintage a notch below 2004 - which was richer - but not disappointing at all.
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10/1/2020 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points
100% Tinta de Toro. Cold-soaked for up to 5 days before the fermentation in oak vats, aged in French (70%), American (25%) and Hungarian (5%) oak barrels for 12 months. Bottle #41312 of total 218178 bottles produced. 15% alcohol.
Quite dark, almost fully opaque blackish-red color with a developed hint of maroon. The nose is brooding and somewhat restrained with dark-toned aromas of ripe plums, some licorice root, a little bit of savory oak spice, light sweet notes of wizened figs, a hint of sweet, toasty oak and a touch of earth. The alcohol shows a bit through. The wine is dry, extracted and quite weighty on the palate with a full body and concentrated flavors of toasty oak spice, some developed raisiny notes, light sweet notes of ripe plummy fruit, a little bit of old leather, a hint of dried dates and a touch of vanilla. The alcohols shows quite a bit. The overall feel is pretty muscular with the ample, grainy tannins that are ripe yet still quite noticeably grippy and moderately high acidity. The finish is long, rather tannic and even quite hot with powerful, extracted flavors of ripe blackcurrant and dark plummy fruit, some meaty umami, a little bit of dried pruney fruit, light peppery tones, a hint of old leather and a sweet touch of toasty mocha oak.
Like I said three years ago, this wine doesn't need any further cellaring and will keep for another 5-7 years. Well, the wine doesn't seem to have improved from my last taste (April 2017) and although structurally the wine is still very unresolved and tightly-knit, it feels like it is starting to fade away in the taste department. The nose was as restrained and understated as before and the flavors are getting more muddled and clumsy with the age, not gaining the finesse and complexity I had hoped for. I really don't see this wine getting any better with further cellaring; best to drink now or within the next few years. Despite being quite a massive powerhouse of a wine, this is really nothing special to write home about.
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7/19/2020 - rojoloco Likes this wine: 90 Points
Too young in my view. Still quite tannic which obscures the flavors lurking underneath. Not very generous yet. I will save my other bottle as long as possible.
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7/4/2020 - Conde Likes this wine: 93 Points
Top notch wine!
I didn't expect this! Toro is known for its fullbodied, dense and tannic red wines. Well, it's true, but with 13 years in the cellar this wine is also balanced, laid-back and with some complexity. Dark fruit, oak, licorice and leather makes this wine a perfect to companion to a beef tenderloin with homemade fries, bea butter, red wine sauce and Vergés tomatoes. A match made in heaven!
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5/17/2020 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 94 Points
Maturing quite well. Amazing place right now.
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3/21/2020 - SirJ Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow, what a wine, crazy good yesterday, even better today! What quality Pintia shows, just pure harmony. There is a licorice tone that is cruel. 13 years but this wine will be even better in 5 years, crazy! If you buy this wine, be patient .... ��������
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1/1/2020 - olracx62 wrote: 91 Points
deep rubin red at the eye, at the beginnin some alchool notes rapidly fading away, complex nose of marasca and secondary scents (mainly licorice, leather, roasted coffee); consistent palate where the thickness of the wine delivers dark chocolate notes. After some time spices appear. Austere but elegant and complex, seems at the end of its drinking window. In the first evening of the new year
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11/2/2019 - Zweder wrote: 92 Points
Regular dinner group. Many wines based on the book “1001 wines you must try before you die”. (By EM @ Bottles): Beautiful bouquet with smoke, dark and some red berries. On the palate red and dark berries, sweet spices, some autumn impressions and good, fresh acidity.
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6/22/2019 - Larsrar Likes this wine: 91 Points
Could not believe my own eyes when I found this bottle for 45€ in a restaurant.
A very nice wine that is a bit more raw and backwards compared to the more polished and charming 2008.
Wait a couple of years for an even better experience...
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3/31/2019 - pcwoz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rich, smokey. Dark red fruits? Cranberry? Complex. Well made. Nicely balanced considering the alcohol.
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2/18/2019 - Brent25 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Clear deep ruby; clean medium plus nose of cassis, dark brambly fruit, leather, cloves, cinnamon, cedar, black licorice and vanilla; developing; dry; medium plus acidity; medium plus tannins; high alcohol; medium plus body; medium plus flavor intensity; pfn with addition of tar; long finish; outstanding quality; drinking really well now but has potential to peak in another 5 years; really awesome wine - would have scored it higher but it felt a touch thin in the mouth
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2/5/2019 - olracx62 wrote: 92 Points
rubin red at the eye, still youthful; complex nose of red fruit and secondary scents (licorice, leather, roasted coffee); consistent palate where the thickness of the wine is evident reminding to dark chocolate and underbrush. Spicy aftertaste. A thick wine, austere but elegant and complex, with still some years ahead.
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8/12/2018 - Osiris021 wrote: 92 Points
No formal notes.
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5/29/2018 - peterchoy wrote: 92 Points
Appearance: Bright and clear, deep ruby in color, with narrow fading rims and legs.
Nose: Clean, with medium (+) intensity aromas of black fruit of blackberry and ripe dark cherries, oak notes of vanilla and toast, kernel notes of milk chocolate, animal notes of leather, maturity notes of underbrush. The wine is developing.
Palate: Dry with medium acidity, medium tannin of ripe and velvety texture, the wine has medium (+) alcohol, full body with medium (+) intensity flavors of black fruit of blackberry and plum, oak notes of vanilla, kernel notes of milk chocolate, maturity notes of underbrush. The wine has a medium finish.
Conclusion: Very good quality Toro with nice concentration on the nose showing good complexity, the wine is robust and powerful, rich and having nice velvety tannin, on top of fairly good intense palate of similar flavors and having reasonable length on the finish. It is ready to drink now but can further develop for another 3-5 years.
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4/19/2018 - benny wrote: 93 Points
Drinking like a full body deep Toro.
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4/7/2018 - olracx62 wrote: 92 Points
2007 vintage not as complex as 2004 athough deep and seductive. Poor fruit left, leather, pencil, underbrush, wet leaves. Oak in the far backgound. Tannins are smoothed but you can tell this wine is bold and monolithic in the mouth. Thick and elegant at the same time. PD agrees again after five
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4/3/2018 - Ironchick wrote:
Holy F**k Balls!!
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2/26/2018 - olracx62 wrote: 92 Points
less complex and armonic than 2004, this tempranillo shows notes of dark cherries mixed with hints of earth and underbrush and roasted coffee sometimes coupled with some balsamic notes. The ensamble is thick and sandy, rustic but balanced but not as impressive and memorable as 2004 was.
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2/3/2018 - WilD wrote: 91 Points
Soft, gentle nose of fine oak, blueberries. On the palate leather notes, fine oak, blueberries, cedar, creamy tannins. Almonds. Nice wine.
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12/15/2017 - Mark van Delft Likes this wine: 91 Points
Great full body powerful wine from Toro, dark cherries, cedar, cassis, velvet note, fresh, long finish. Pintia delivers value for money
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10/9/2017 - vewheeler wrote: 90 Points
Drinking well now, medium fine tannins, medium acidity, quite powerful flavours with ripe plums making room for warm spices, licorice and vanilla, alcohol is a little showy but there is no doubt as to the pedigree here. Finishes warm and long. One for the winter.
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9/24/2017 - llapuerta Likes this wine: 95 Points
Deep dark color, good nose and smooth on palate. Perfect right now
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9/16/2017 - StasMedvedev.lv Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark ruby. Powerful aromas of black berries: black currant, chokeberry, blueberry. Chocolate, spices, violet. Leather shoes
Tannic, intense, full-bodied. Dry, pronounced bitterness which doesn't distract. Complex wine
No doubts it's Spanish wine if tasted blind. Reflects Toro terroir
'07 seems to be weaker compared to other vintages. Wine is ready to drink, will stay long at its peak, but not sure if it improves w/ yrs to come.
Great modern Toro from top bodega, however year is not that great
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8/6/2017 - happytom wrote: 93 Points
At first...juicy fresh rainier cherries in a barnyard. Very light. With time it gained weight. A bit of plum. The barnyard funk blew off. Fresh cherries turned to dried cherries. A little black pepper. Chalky limestone. After more time the fresh cherries came back but much darker. Smooth. No longer peppery. Still a hint of plums but definitely cherries dominate. Can last for many more years. Drink or hold. IMHO tempranillo is one of the most diverse wines. Pinot Noir can be too but tempranillo seems more so.
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8/5/2017 - happytom Likes this wine: 93 Points
At first...juicy fresh rainier cherries in a barnyard. Very light. With time it gained weight. A bit of plum. The barnyard funk blew off. Fresh cherries turned to dried cherries. A little black pepper. Chalky limestone. After more time the fresh cherries came back but much darker. Smooth. No longer peppery. Still a hint of plums but definitely cherries dominate. Can last for many more years. Drink or hold. IMHO tempranillo is one of the most diverse wines. Pinot Noir can be too but tempranillo seems more so.
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5/21/2017 - K&J Likes this wine: 94 Points
Bold, expressive, complex, rounded but a little hot (alcoholic) mouthfeel - the 15% comes through a bit. But, still a really great wine.
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4/21/2017 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 91 Points
Wonderful wine. Demonstrates just how good Toro can be at a fraction of the price of Rioja. Winner from A to Z!
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4/16/2017 - forceberry wrote: 89 Points
100% Tinta de Toro. Cold-soaked for up to 5 days before the fermentation in oak vats, aged in French (70%), American (25%) and Hungarian (5%) oak barrels for 12 months. Bottle #63074 out of 218178 bottles produced. Alc. 15% ABV.
Quite opaque, slightly developed blackcurrant color. Upon opening the nose was rather restrained, muted even, but then it started to exhibit some developed notes of earth, meaty character, some smoke, a little wizened dark forest fruits and hints of woody oak. On the palate the wine is ripe, full-bodied and meaty with opulent flavors of plums, prunes, sweet oak spice, some vanilla, a little bit of wizened dark berries and hints of leather. The structure is still rather tightly-knit with prominent yet ripe tannins and moderately high acidity. Although dry, the flavors are rather sweet with their obvious ripeness and slightly dried fruit character. The finish is a bit drier than the sweetly-fruited midpalate with some noticeable tannic astringency with very juicy flavors of dark sunny fruit, some sour plums, a little dusty earth, a hint of aromatic oak and a touch of prunes. Alcohol (15%) makes the wine finish on a rather warm note.
A good, big and impressive Tempranillo, but despite its impressive size, the wine is, however, pretty predictable modern Toro with lots of extraction and quite noticeable oak but rather little of real depth. The oak seemed to have started to integrate with the fruit, so the wine seemed more developed and less oak-heavy what I can imagine it must've been in its youth, but I still would've preferred even less noticeable oak. Doesn't necessarily require any more cellaring, but probably will keep - possibly even develop - over 5-7 more years. Felt a bit overpriced at 39,90€.
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11/19/2016 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 91 Points
A wonderful way to end the evening and at a wonderful QPR. Same comments as last note.
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11/1/2016 - rayq wrote: 91 Points
On opening I wasn't that impressed. It came over as dominated by oak with a short finish. However having decanted half into a 375ml bottle for 48 hours I found quite a different wine.
The fruit and oak seemed better integrated and it finished with some nice black fruit flavour and not toasty oak.
It wasn't a great year but if you're considering drinking this soon (and you can) then I really recommend a decant.
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6/16/2016 - Barolo Raymond wrote: 93 Points
Totally top! Deep brooding ruby, slow moving tainted legs. Medium(+) wide-ranging mature aromas of black berry, leather, tobacco, leather, coffee beans, spice box. Dry, medium(-) acidity, medium-medium(+) ripe fully integrated slightly sweet tannin, medium(+) alcohol, full body. Medium(+) powerful palate of cherry, red plum, leather, mocha, Balanced, fantastic structure. Long finish, with acidity, palate and firm tannins playing and complementing each other.
Matured really well, fully integrated and intriguing. An absolute delight. Impressed and happy. Need to buy more!
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5/22/2016 - Miceri Likes this wine: 91 Points
Black more or less; pruny spiced jammy nose; soft, powerful, some caramel, a bit sweetness, tannins behind and a bit mouthplucking at the end; not an elegant wine, more about power and ripe fruit, perhaps a bit jammy and a slightly burning aftertaste
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12/13/2015 - MWiking Likes this wine: 92 Points
var ett tag sedan jag drack en Pintia och senaste årgången var 2005 men vinet är fortfarande extremt bra och prisvärd.
denna 2007 hade lite härlig bordeauxnäsa och så klart massor av mörk mörk frukt.
Vinet är lite alkoholhett vilket är ett minus men det är ett ruskigt gott grillvin som man måste köpa ett par flaskor av omgående.
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10/31/2015 - JulianSkeels wrote: 92 Points
Double decanted for 3hrs and cooled down. Far far better. Extremely dark with lovely aromatics of fennel, lovely mouthfeel and long-albeit slightly dry finish. Some nice stewed red fruit too. Bit low acidity and heavy going, but hedonistic and enjoyable. Will be better in two years.
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10/23/2015 - galewskj wrote:
A small pour at a tasting. Old world, a little stinky, with grippy tannins. Meh.
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9/26/2015 - cliffkol wrote: 92 Points
Matter of Taste: Wine Advocate Tasting (Miami, FL): Delicious, well balanced. Blue fruits, mature, slight oak. This is a well made, structured wine. Nicely done.
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9/12/2015 - BuzzzzOff Likes this wine: 91 Points
The second bottle of the evening. Dark, opaque purple. Aromas of oak, dark berries and liquorice. Gripping tannins...perhaps, dare we say it, a bit too much. We love tannins, but overwhelming at the moment, which adversely impacted the balance. The fruit was lost. We think it needs a few more years before trying again. Fortunately, we have a case ;-)
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9/5/2015 - Fantomas Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very dark colour. Closed powerful and oaky nose at first. After 45 min develops cherry and vanilla on the nose. Smooth on the palate, one-dimensional at first but improves over two hours. Dark cherry, vanilla, toast and roasted nuts. Beautiful and elegant length. Accomplished.
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8/30/2015 - carstenf Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark Temp. mature and charming wine. I now know that I like my Pintia about 5-8 years old. Still fruity and not raiseny. This wine did not see the decanter and it was not missed....
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8/23/2015 - farinas wrote: 91 Points
Dark red color with effective bouquet of red and black fruits with tinge of mint and baking spices. The palate has fruit and is fleshy however a bit flatter than suggested by the bouquet.
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8/16/2015 - brihprivat wrote: 88 Points
This was a bit dissapointing. Perhaps a bad bottle? Not a lot of fruit and just a bit boring
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7/20/2015 - JulianSkeels wrote: 90 Points
Popped and poured, but really needs a 2hr double decant at the moment in order to unfurl. Tasting notes with next bottle from case. Only 87pts initially, this was still improving to the last sip. I'd expect this to be ~91pts with better treatment. Not sure I'd cellar for more than 2-3yrs. Some prominent alcohol showing at stages.
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6/22/2015 - platypus2003 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Had in a restaurant in Madrid for dinner. Beautiful hot evening outside (terrace). Wine was too warm initially, benefited from cooling it down. At 15 C it was wonderful. Probably will improve over the next 3 to 5 years.
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3/21/2015 - solanarubio Likes this wine: 93 Points
Vino poderoso y expresivo, puro Toro. Infinidad de matices. Un espectáculo en nariz y en boca. Reclama el protagonismo ante cualquier plato
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2/28/2015 - Romol Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted 2 hours. Ready to drink now. Beatiful Vega Sicilia wine. Improved much over the last 3 years. 92-93 pts
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2/17/2015 - Fantomas Likes this wine: 91 Points
Confirm my earlier rating. Very elegant, velvety, rich fruit, toast, vanilla. Well balanced and good length.
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1/27/2015 - bugdoced Likes this wine: 91 Points
took a little time to open up but then dark brooding fruit and earth with a strong prescence
terrific
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1/19/2015 - Y.Nantel wrote: 92 Points
épaulé 7 heures, nez de cassis, menthol et poivre noir. En bouche un beau coté épicé, fruits noir, belle touche de bois, de tanins et d'acidité, le tout bien balancé.
Un grand vin
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1/10/2015 - Fantomas Likes this wine: 90 Points
This was the big surprise over the Alion tasted in parallel. More elegant, fruity, and balanced than the Alion. Less alcoholic and overall giving a better character. Nice dark fruit, toast, and woody notes with earth notes and a medium finishing.
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11/27/2014 - jviz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fantastic stuff. Expressive nose, notes of cedar, black currant, black pepper, with touches of anise and menthol. Medium finish, and still plenty of grip. Drinking great
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11/14/2014 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 90 Points
Had this after a 2004 Saint Pierre. I am usually a big fan of this wine (and scored it 93 a couple weeks ago), but having after the 2004 Saint Pierre I found it slighly too sweet and was lacking the nuanced complexity of the Bdx which showed great. Still a good wine but putting it against the similar priced Saint Pierre made it look pale.
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10/26/2014 - BenBlu Likes this wine: 93 Points
Vanilla, nicely integrated oak, good length and depth and a slight seductive sweetness. For me this is one of the best Spanish wines in this price category. At 15 pct it is a real heavyweight. Drink now till 2025.
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10/13/2014 - OT wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for 2 houers - can do more. Still a kid but very nice and ready to drink. Will develop for next many years. Dark purple color with looong and sloooow legs. Aroma of tobacco, fresh dry oak, minty and tee tree. Flavor much the same with some earth and moisty wood. Plenty of tannins, fruits and acidity as expected. Full body with fleshy texture still sharp and round. Long finish. Top dollar glas of Pintia - a nice modern Vega Secilia sister. Enjoy OT
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10/6/2014 - carstenf wrote: 91 Points
Like last time. Very nice and pleasent.
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7/27/2014 - pcwoz Likes this wine: 91 Points
Rich, smokey, deep red fruits but well put together, esp considering the Toro locations (heat). Not hot on the palette. Holds the alc very well. Always a pleasure.
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7/21/2014 - soyhead wrote:
Nice enough but the 2008 really shined!
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2/19/2014 - G_H Likes this wine: 90 Points
Emirates lounge Dubai: Really nice, quite young with good tannin structure
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1/4/2014 - LFCHALA wrote: 90 Points
Very Young. Modern. Predominate primary aromas of dark fruit with hints of vanilla / wood. The palate shows great structure and balance. Promises a great wine with additional aging. I would wait another 5 years to drink another bottle (2019).
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12/24/2013 - JustinHandlin87 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Definitely a big wine, and young. Dark fruit, some toasty oak, some leathery notes. Nice wine for a nice occassion, but I would definitely give it some time before opening one of these again.
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10/18/2013 - Ericsson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Au restaurant. Rapide passage en carafe. Couleur cerise noire brillante. Nez sur la cerise, avec une touche florale. Bouche tout en finesse, malgré les 15% de volume d'alcool, avec une très belle longueur. Totalement différent du 2004 qui demande encore quelques années de garde, alors que ce 2007 me semble déjà prêt, avec de la réserve bien sûr.
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9/29/2013 - pcwoz Likes this wine: 91 Points
rich, dark fruit. Very dark rich cherry. Some smokiness. Lovely
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8/4/2013 - pcwoz wrote: 91 Points
Rich and 'big'. Very dark cherry. Some smoke maybe. Decanter 2hrs night 1. Smooth and holds the alc well. Great night 2 as well. A finesse wine considering how hot toro is. Good acidity and balance. Very well done and went great with a BBQ t-bone!
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6/13/2013 - assaggi Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still in ist infancy, rustical, a lot of Aroma Forestfruit, Leather, Violets etc
A lot of acidity which refreshs.
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5/2/2013 - Barry Rothof wrote: 90 Points
Your Thoughts On ... Vega-Sicilia (Rotterdam): 100% Tinto de Toro (Tempranillo). Purplish red colour. Sweet dark fruits, espresso and chocolate. Quite muscular on the palate with underlying refreshing acidity, some rustic tannins and earth, medium to long finish! Needs time …
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3/30/2013 - drunkstar wrote: 89 Points
Drinking from mag. V primary and dense but the fruit is there in abundance. This has years and years to go with enough structure and bulk to see out many many years. Leave alone for another 5 yrs if poss
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2/7/2013 - Monsieur le Comte wrote: 95 Points
sweet mulberry taste, dark red, even black fruit, very pleasing!
this is the tempranillo you are looking for, smooth.
but despite the sweetness cellaring is recommended, at least 3 years...
oak scent disappears with airation^^, great modern wine.
no meat in the house, arrgh!!
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1/24/2013 - Miceri Likes this wine: 88 Points
Dark red; intense flavour full nose, pepper, ripe mulberries, fresh dark fruit; plentiful tannins, a bit flat, tame, mute; good flavours, but probably not optimal timing
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11/4/2012 - avp wrote:
Volatile nose with only slight fruit. Some appley zing and raisin notes coming through all the tobacco, chocolate truffle, peat, cinnamon and bitter almond. With longer exposure some red fruits and blue flowers strat to emerge.
Medium to fullbodied palate with rather tannic grip, balancing acidity and balsamico fruit. Cacao, dusty cedar and leather. Long.
Structurally young but with extremely ripe fruit character and plenty of funky stuff going on. Hard to tell where this one is going.
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8/28/2012 - Pedro the Lion wrote: 90 Points
Un beau produit qui n'a pas le boisé dérangeant typique qui me déplaît habituellement dans les vins espagnoles ! Matière bien mure qui est bien encadré dans une structure solide et tannique pour le moment mais qui a tout pour se fondre admirablement bien dans quelques années (8-10 ans minimum).
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7/19/2012 - esol wrote: 90 Points
No notes taken.
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6/10/2012 - Papies wrote: 89 Points
We should have decanted. The first sips were on the harsh side with lots of rough edges. It did mellow after ~ 30 minutes so some decanting is advisable at this stage. Good extraction and density here, modern Spain in style. Dry wood tannin spoils the show. This wine could really use some time to mature we believe (or we hope). 88-89 at the moment.
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5/8/2012 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
Creamy blackberry and blackcurrent fruit along with some purple flowers. Generous, ripe and modern in the mouth with just a hint of underlying earth. It finishes with decent freshness and good length.
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5/3/2012 - Jona wrote: 88 Points
Surely one of the most dense wines I've tasted. Unfortunately way too tough right now... My ratings are as always based on the tastyness today. The quality deserves more.
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4/16/2012 - beezer6 wrote: 89 Points
Tenzing Portfolio Tasting (Tenzing - Chicago, IL): Dark black fruit. Charcoal. Black flowers and touch of pepper corn. Big nose.
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3/31/2012 - eBoB wrote: 90 Points
Intensywny kolor dojrzalej czeresni. Zapach dzikiej jezyny. W smaku owoce lesne, ale za bardzo dzemowate, bez tanin i kwasowosci - wino za mlode do picia.
CW Price: 170,00PLN - $56,66
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3/26/2012 - Mimesis wrote: 95 Points
I’d be inclined to give Pintia 2007 100 points, but I admit that I don’t have the money to try the wines that other people have rated 100, or even 97. So there’s no way for me to know whether there’s something more transcendent than the amazing elixir I sampled here. So I’ll just give it the highest score I’ve given any wine – 95. But I really don’t know what else to wish for: eternal wisdom, ecstasy, true love? We’re talking about crushed grapes, after all!
Pintia 2007 starts with a spectacular nose of expensive cologne, followed up by beautiful garnet color, nice weight, intense but not overpowering fruit and a long, lingering dry finish. It’s practically bewitched in the effortlessness of its perfection. So many other highly rated wines seem to be trying too hard – piling fruit, oak, alcohol and “old vine character” into a great pyre of excess. Pintia doesn’t leave me wanting for anything, and it doesn’t make me regret anything, either. Perfect.
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3/22/2012 - Vmaster007 Does not like this wine: 82 Points
Beau nez boisé, odeur de prunes. Au gout, les tannins sont bien présents et le gout de barrique est prononcé. J'aime plus ou moins. Préférable d"attendre encore avant de boire. Trop cher pour ce que cela apporte comme plaisir que je n'ai pas trouvé...
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10/20/2011 - tooch wrote:
Chris Cannan Portfolio Tasting (St. Regis - Washington, DC): Another vintage of Pintia, another over-oaked mess. DENSE oak on the nose that blocks all the stewed black and purple fruit from really emerging (maybe it's a good thing?). Palate is incredibly polished, smooth with muddled dark fruit and not surprisingly incredible amounts of vanilla and oak. After a sip my mouth was coated with this palate-staining mess for far too long. I'm just not getting it at all.
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8/7/2011 - pcwoz wrote: 90 Points
Still very good indeed. Had in a decanter a hour plus (double decanted). Starting to open out. Its been nearly a year since I had one form this vintage. Leave a while more for sure. It is more elegant than the alc % would suggest. Quite muscular though, but not over the top.
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6/14/2011 - mdobro wrote: 89 Points
BRE tasting (Regina): magnum bottle
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5/28/2011 - Zweder Likes this wine: 90 Points
A mouth full of powerful juicy wine with black fruits, good acidity and pleasant bitterness. The second day it was a little less robust, with less licorice, but it showed more elegance. Because there is a pleasant bit of sweetness it is already drinking very nicely from the start, but ageing this wine for about another 5 years will probably be rewarding because the wine will show more complexity. 90 for now and it will probably add 1 or 2 points withe some ageing.
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4/1/2011 - Fatty Cat wrote: 89 Points
Early Apr 2011: opaque black red color; vanilla, wood and blackberry in the nose and mouth; medium/full body; smooth texture.
Very good Pintia. Missed some red fruit nuances.
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3/22/2011 - gailasb wrote: 92 Points
Excelente
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9/5/2010 - pcwoz wrote: 90 Points
This was great. Decanted 2hrs though. Score will light I am sure! Good complexity, fruit, balance. Quite smokey and dark fruits. Fair bit of tannin. Very good length. I'd wait.
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8/21/2010 - PhilJ wrote: 90 Points
Big powerful wine - still too young but everything in balance. Some oak, but not overpowering. Will deveop complexity in a couple of years.
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