Flor De Pingus 2016 Ribera Del Duero

Robert Parker 94-96 Point

2. vinen fra domænet Pingus, hvor danskeren Peter Sisseck har båret domænet til kult-status. Den efter hånden meget kendte danske vinproducent Peter Sisseck, er en af Spaniens bedste og hans vine er konsekvent med helt i top hvert år. Peter Sisseck laver vinen på sin vingård Quintanilla de Onesimo, den er lavet 100 % på Tempranillo druen og lageret 14 måneder på nye franske egefade.

Rating (94 - 96) 
Drink Date 2022 - 2029
Reviewed by Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date 17th Sep 2020

September 2020 Week 3, The Wine Advocate
The cask sample of 2019 Flor de Pingus is truly impressive and really shows what Sisseck was talking about: ripeness (more blue fruit), finesse and freshness, with super elegant and round tannins. There is great balance, and it feels very complete. They took the risk to harvest when nobody else was harvesting; I think they made the right decision, but it was not without risk. This is a superb interpretation of the conditions of the 2019 vintage. 2019 was a lower-yielding year, so they expect to produce a little less wine, around 112,000 bottles that should be filled in July 2021.
I tasted the bottled 2018s from Dominio de Pingus and also the unbottled 2019s, as the wines are sold as "futures," or "en primeur," through their importers and then, in most cases, offered by the importers to their final customers. 2018 is a stellar vintage with an amazing Pingus and the best PSI to date. 2019 was warmer, but the wines have an unusual combination of ripeness and elegance that Sisseck told me he's never seen before. Some of the 2019s might end up being better than the 2018 counterparts. Today, the 2019 Flor de Pingus is showing exceptionally well.