Community Tasting Note
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nebbiolo722 Likes this wine: 93 points
May 21, 2014 - This wine was NOT recalled. The winery tried to alert its customers that there was a higher level of sediment than normal in SOME bottles; I called my retailer and it looks like some journalists wrote their articles without fact-checking with the winery! My bottle had a little bit of sediment at the very end but I don't think it is a big deal to the informed consumer. However, I appreciate being informed. The bottle that I drank tonight was great: Full bodied, robust, bold black fruit balanced by fresh acidity and minerality. It is the best Pintia that I have ever tasted and it is my favorite wine from Toro. Many wineries making fine wine do not filter their wines to preserve flavor. While perhaps this wine was not star bright from massive filtering, I don't need that as I am drinking an artisinal wine.
Below are the changes from the press.
http://www.winemag.com/Vega-Sicilia-Wont-Release-2010-Alion/
Update: An earlier version of this article noted Vega Sicilia issued a recall on its 2009 Pintia. That is not the case and we regret the error.
http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/586782/vega-sicilia-offers-to-replace-100-000-bottles
This article was updated on 06/05/2014, exchanging the term 'recall' for 'offers to replace' and to make clear that Vega Sicilia has encouraged consumers to try decanting their bottles of Pintia 2009.1 person found this helpful 4,012 views
1 Comment
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KenPlace commented:
6/1/14, 6:33 PM - Thanks for the update. I decided to keep my case as this too is one of my favorites. Just decant carefully.