2003 Dominio Pingus Ribera del Duero Flor de Pingus

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  12/3/2023 - robmatic wrote: 92 Points

  Lovely wine, showing lots of tertiary characteristics at this point, but not at all what I'd call "past peak". Meaty, tangy, full bodied. Very mature, with plenty of old wood character, some resin, and dried fruits. Still holding lots of interest and pleasure.

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  7/16/2023 - Philip67 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  What was once big fruit but is now beginning to fade. The fruit notes are mainly black. Medium plus weight, with a dusty and slightly astringent finish. Tannins are super fine and ripe, softening now. Good freshness, providing elegance. Overall this is disappointing. My sense is that this is either a poor bottle, or I've left it too long. Long and complex. Drink now.

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  1/5/2023 - Juliansi wrote: flawed

  Dominio de Pingus is a Spanish winery located in Quintanilla de Onésimo in Valladolid province (North-west Spain), and its Grand Vin is of course Pingus.
  
  This review is about its second wine, Flor de Pingus, and this 2003 blinded sample kindly provided by SKT (Poured from LMC's bottle, circa a month ago), was quite the experience even if partially oxidised!
  
  Plum aromatics on the nose, and some funk as well. When this blind pour hit my palate, there were initial sourish notes which dominated the red-cherry and tea nuances. Alas, most of this small pour (Approx. 150 ml) and the time it was stored for about a month, had resulted in oxidation.
  
  I still put out a guess... Was this an aged Saint-Emilion, circa late 1990s? Wrong... 2003 Pingus second wine! Reading the notes on CT, this vintage may be past its prime, I hope to try a better one.. one day!
  
  Who's the winemaker?
  Dominio de Pingus was founded in 1995 by Danish oenologist Peter Sisseck, with vines in plots which are very old (65-70 years old). They have never been fertilised nor treated with pesticides!
  
  Production:
  Typical annual production of Pingus is circa 6,000 bottles only, and in poorer vintages none are produced.
  
  The production of the second wine Flor de Pingus, which is also 100% Tempranillo, is made with fruit from rented vineyards in the La Horra zone. The vines here are over 35 years old.
  
  Philosophy:
  The viticulture has been biodynamic since 2005, and the annual production is circa 50,000 bottles.
  
  One of 4 blinded tasting bottles, from bro SKT
  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  5 Jan 2023

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  9/22/2022 - forceberry wrote: 88 Points

  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 14 months in partly new (normally around 1/3) French oak barriques. 14% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Luminous, moderately evolved and slightly translucent dark garnet color. Intense and moderately developed nose with aromas of wizened dark fruits, some raisiny tones, a little bit of savory and slightly peppery spice, light woody notes of savory oak, a tertiary hint of meat stew, a touch of sweet vanilla and a hot whiff of alcohol. The wine feels ripe, silky and complex on the palate with a full body and ripe, bold flavors of wizened cherries, some meaty notes of umami, a little bit of pruney dark fruit, light woody notes of savory oak spice, a toasty, chocolatey hint of mocha oak and a raisiny touch of evolved dried fruit character. The medium acidity doesn't do much about structure, so most of the firmness relies on the ample and rather grippy tannins. The dark-toned finish is savory, moderately grippy and somewhat warm with rich, evolved and quite lengthy flavors of wizened black cherries and dried figs, some sweet notes of toasted mocha oak, light bittersweet nuances of dark chocolate, a fruity hint of fresh dark berries and a touch of meat stew.
  
  A bold, big and weighty Ribera del Duero that has started to lose some of that weight and baby fat, yet still comes across as quite fleshy and even somewhat ponderous. Although the wine is by no means a lightweight effort, it comes across as pretty sophisticated compared to the hulking 2011 vintage that was tasted alongside this. Still, the warm 2003 vintage shows quite a bit here as the wine is so noticeably ripe and age has only accentuated those raisiny tones with the evolved pruney flavors. The acidity also feels quite inadequate for a wine of this size. All in all, this is an enjoyably evolved powerhouse of a wine, but it feels like it has never been particularly fresh or elegant in style and no amount of aging will rectify that. Good, but nothing particularly exciting.

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  1/24/2022 - robmatic wrote: 93 Points

  oak, dill, white pepper; Structured with outstanding depth. Mature and drinking beautifully.

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