2006 Pago de los Capellanes Ribera del Duero Parcela El Picón

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90 points

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  10/27/2016 - Matt-HK wrote: 89 Points

  Big thick bottle makes me a superhero. Dark deep colour, hugs the glass, almost a forgotten vampire baby that has never seen the light and i’ve awoken it with a decisive caress.
  
  Decanted - tasted at 45 min, 60 min - drank from 90 min to 3 hours. This needs 90 minutes as a bare minimum - next time would do 2.5 hours if younger than 15 yrs.
  
  Incredible legs - a real spider man to my glass. Thumping me in the in the face like a young Amarone. Prunes, bitter jam, sweet cherry, smooth tannins and hints of silk to come - covers mouth like a thin blanket on a cold winters day; I need more. Finishes with hints of damp leaves, wet hay and a hints of tar in between my teeth. I'm smiling but this should be better.
  
  Less refined and spectral as the 2004, definitely too young, needs at least another 3-5 years. This is a big angry woman that needs more sleep - don’t wake her up yet - you'll enjoy it but afterwards you wish you would have given her another hour. 2020-2025

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  6/20/2012 - Periko wrote: 88 Points

  Pago de los Capellanes "El Picón" vertical tasting (Monvinic (Barcelona)): The fifth fligth (2006) was perhaps the most irregular or weak.
  Is not on the market yet. Intense ruby ​​color, denotes its youth. It was surprising to find precipitates in glass, a fact that we had not detected in any previous vintage. The nose shows ripe red fruit, some liquor, smells of smoke, ashes, remarkable balsamic notes as forrest floor, fresh herbs. On the palate we have a Picon very young, somewhat unbalanced, with a bit too sweet fruity and tannins marked but very sweet. It has quite weight on palate, medium acidity and a little shorter than its predecessors on its finish. The weakest of the tasting. 88-90

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