2022 Dominio de Pingus PSI Peter Sisseck Magnum
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | |
| Appellation | Ribera del Duero |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 1.5 ltr (14%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2031 |
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Description
The PSI is wine from the famous winemaker Peter Sisseck who is also known for the cult wine Pingus and Flor de Pingus. The famous bodega Dominio de Pingus from Peter Sisseck in Ribera del Duero is going to give its wines considerably less wood. He thinks that anyone who exaggerates suffers from winemaker laziness. PSI are therefore also the initials of Peter Sisseck
The healthier the vineyard and the better the management, the less wood maturation is necessary, is his point of view. In Brazil, the same vision was conveyed during Wijnwijs.eu's visit to one of the top wine boutiques. Sisseck had previously noticed that new oak wine from a certain plot resulted in reduction in the barrel. Unripe tannins started to absorb oxygen. The bodega wants to avoid this in the future by drastically reducing the use of wood. Less but a lot more expensive, because Dominio de Pingus now uses the T5 from Taransaud, which costs 1200 euros. Almost twice as expensive as the usual 225 liter barriques.
In the glass the wine has a deep fresh red colour. The PSI is a sturdy wine with Tempranillo expression of the highest level: class, fruit, soft, sunny. Different structure than the other wines of this domain, in a less ripe style. Firm and fleshy attack with a lot of fruit that is still somewhat burdened by the tannins in the beginning. A wine that needs a lot of air in the beginning. Fleshy finish with a nod to the authentic Ribera style of the past. Great glass of wine but anyway it is also from Sisseck.
FACT: In the tab 'Attachments' you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send you this when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will often also receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
You can read the full wine reviews from Parker, Suckling, Vinous and Wine Spectator via the links next to the image. A free service for our customers.
Need advice on finding the perfect wine for your dish? Click here for our exclusive Sommelier. Free for Grandcruwijnen customers.
Specifications
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Appellation | Ribera del Duero |
| Winery | Dominio de Pingus |
| Grape | Tempranillo |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2031 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 1.5 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 95 |
| James Suckling rating | 94 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP (93-95)
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$40
Drink Date:
2025 - 2032
The 2022 PSI is clean, expressive and open, much more approachable than the more reductive 2021 that I tasted next to it. It's primary, fruit-driven and precise. "The fruit selection was better in 2022," explained Sisseck. It has contained ripeness and a polished texture and is sleek and elegant, with fine tannins. It feels like a step up from 2021. This was also the final blend waiting to be bottled—clarified, sulfur added and everything, so pretty much the wine that is going to be bottled.
I met with Peter Sisseck to taste the bottled 2021s and the 2022s that are about to be bottled. 2021 was a dry year after a rainy 2020 (a year of mildew, botrytis and Covid!), and he noticed the change of climate so decided they have to change viticulture. He has changed to higher yields—20 hectoliters per hectare, which is still very low but higher compared with the 12 in the beginning—and an earlier harvest, compared with the initial 1995, when he harvested in early October. Today, it's impossible to do that or you get 20% alcohol. He now harvests all the grapes in September, and he believes he has gained freshness in the wines. Pingus is still the same vines from 1929, where the individual dead vines are replaced with their own massal selection, so the average age of the vines is not all from 1929.
Flor de Pingus is now 100% from La Horra, where there was a land consolidation when they ripped up 60 hectares of vines and there was good land available. So, today he has 35 hectares for Flor de Pingus, including 12 to 15 hectares that they planted in the last few years. It's all head-pruned with echalás, with an individual post per plant, the way he finds works for him, planting 5,000 vines per hectare (at one by two meters) to work with very small tractors. In 2021, following some of the leading producers in Burgundy, he decided to not cut off the shoots which avoids the development of secondary bunches and stresses the plant. The plants grow to 2.5 meters, and the vassal leaves don't get dry. If you cut off, the vassal leaves get dry. He's going to try something similar with the old Pingus vines.
The other thing he discovered was Garnacha, something that comes from PSI, a natural way to lower the pH (the same as the Cabernet Sauvignon he used at Hacienda Monasterio). So, he planted also some 5% Garnacha in the Flor de Pingus vineyards, and the two varieties are fermented together. In 2006 and 2007, the wines had higher alcohol (15% to 15.5%), but there's more extraction with higher alcohol the more you extract from the wine and from the barrels. Those wines are evolving better than he expected, but he prefers to keep the alcohol at around 14%.
2021 was warm and dry, with some peaks in July that were really high, but then the average temperatures in 2022 and 2023 were maybe higher. The 2021s were bottled in June/July 2023, and the 2022s should be bottled in June/July 2024. The alcohol levels are all very similar for both vintages, around 14% (he tries not to reach 14.5% if possible).
For Flor, there's some 20% new barrels and now some new 6,000-liter oak vats to vinify and, in the future, also age the wines. For Pingus, there's no change—it's already 100% second-use barrels (from Flor and PSI).
As for 2022, the year of heat and drought made them think that climate change was really here. They harvested starting on September 5, very early, and finished before many had started. But the wine delivers beyond the expectations; they are rounder and gentler wines that are more fruit-driven, peachy and ripe but with freshness with energy.
As they have purchased 50 hectares for PSI, they found a small plot on a slope in Peñaranda with a field blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Albillo that was planted in the 1960s; he has done some experimental vinifications, and eventually, there might be some new single-vineyard PSI wines. I tasted the wine from that plot, tentatively called Bancal, from 2022. I also sampled a 2022 Blanco, an experimental white made with 100% Albillo from the plants scattered in the old vineyards, produced in a very Burgundian way, with full lees and in new barrels. Both are very impressive.
Published: Jun 13, 2024
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James Suckling
DOMINIO DE PINGUS RIBERA DEL DUERO PSI 2021
Monday, September 18, 2023
CountrySpain
RegionCastilla y León
Vintage2021
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Black cherries, asphalt, hedgerow, dark spices and dried Mediterranean herbs. Medium- to full-bodied on the palate with dusty, effusive tannins and a vertical finish. Pristine and stripped-down. Drink or hold.
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Senior Editor
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Peter Sisseck is one of Spain's most famous winemakers. However, it is Danish in origin. He gained experience as a young oenologist in Bordeaux and California and then started in 1990 as an oenologist at the Hacienda Monasterio domain in Ribera del Duero. It was here that he learned to estimate the real potential of the Tinto Fino. In 1995 he made his first own wine in a garage in Quintanilla de Onésimo. The Pingus myth was born.
The domain name and wine name 'Pingus' was his nickname in Denmark. After Pingus, his top wine, Flor de Pingus followed. The name and fame followed very quickly. America's most famous wine critic, on a trip in Bordeaux at the time, almost accidentally tasted the Pingus and praised it as Spain's absolute top wine. Pingus therefore has everything: strength, finesse, concentration and elegance. A rather unique combination in this region. During the 90's he used the vineyards of his friend Pedro Cuadrado from Finca Villacreces, located in the same village, for Flor de Pingus, and also occasionally did the vinification. Only in 2004 did he have his own small bodega ready in the center of the village. Sisseck has worked with old vines from the beginning and grows them according to the biodynamic principles. Together with Pablo Rubio he started the project 'Psi' in 2007: in this case we do not work with vines owned, but in collaboration with owners of old plots Tinto Fino. After a selection of the best plots, a wine is made that brings back the traditional vinification methods of the region. The aim is to make a wine that is more balanced, fair and balanced.
In Dominio de Pingus we only work with Tinto Fino, mainly from old vines. Particular importance is attached to the history of the region in the Psi project, which he set up together with Pablo Rubio. In 1990, there were 9,000 hectares of vineyards in the appellation, of which 6,000 hectares were old vines. Today we see more than 22,000 ha with only 4000 ha of old vines. All plots selected by Sisseck are the result of an intensive search for the best old vines Tinto Fino, with the best balance in a natural way and fully in accordance with the principles of biodynamics.
Pingus: this wine is the result of 2 complementary terroirs in the village of La Horra, 2 prefiloxera vineyards over 80 years old and very balanced, 4.5 ha in total. Barroso: an old terrace of the Duero, pebble and sand on clay and lime. San Cristóbal: a clay-like slope with a south-west exposition.
Flor de Pingus: from 16 different plots around La Horra and Roa; assembly of old vines and a number of younger vineyards. The plots for these wines are located in the heart of Ribera del Duero, at an altitude between 700 and 850 m; the terrain is hilly.
Psi: in the valleys of the Gromejón and Perales, tributaries of the Duero. Almost always slopes of sandy origin and lime to loam-clay soils, with the presence of pebbles to a greater or lesser extent. The plots are between 830 to 920 m height with very good drainage. It is all these elements that give the Psi a nice aromatic intensity, fraiche and soft tannins.
The climate is very continental, especially at the heights in this appellation. All vineyards are cultivated according to the biodynamic principles.
Vinification
Pingus: each grape is de-strained manually, grape by grape. Vinification in 2000 liter oak casks. Malolactic fermentation on new oak and level for 20 to 22 months. Total production of 6000 bottles and a yield of 11 hl / ha.
Flor de Pingus: all plots are vinified separately in stainless steel cuves of 4000 liters. Malolactic fermentation on new oak and level of 16 to 18 months.A total production of 60,000 bottles and a yield of 19 hl / ha
Psi: to obtain a gentle extraction, the vinification takes place in large cement cuves. After that, the wine undergoes further maturing partly on cement, on large wooden casks and in small oak barrels. Depending on the year, production ranges from 100,000 to 200,000 bottles.
The PSI is wine from the famous winemaker Peter Sisseck who is also known for the cult wine Pingus and Flor de Pingus. The famous bodega Dominio de Pingus from Peter Sisseck in Ribera del Duero is going to give its wines considerably less wood. He thinks that anyone who exaggerates suffers from winemaker laziness. PSI are therefore also the initials of Peter Sisseck
The healthier the vineyard and the better the management, the less wood maturation is necessary, is his point of view. In Brazil, the same vision was conveyed during Wijnwijs.eu's visit to one of the top wine boutiques. Sisseck had previously noticed that new oak wine from a certain plot resulted in reduction in the barrel. Unripe tannins started to absorb oxygen. The bodega wants to avoid this in the future by drastically reducing the use of wood. Less but a lot more expensive, because Dominio de Pingus now uses the T5 from Taransaud, which costs 1200 euros. Almost twice as expensive as the usual 225 liter barriques.
In the glass the wine has a deep fresh red colour. The PSI is a sturdy wine with Tempranillo expression of the highest level: class, fruit, soft, sunny. Different structure than the other wines of this domain, in a less ripe style. Firm and fleshy attack with a lot of fruit that is still somewhat burdened by the tannins in the beginning. A wine that needs a lot of air in the beginning. Fleshy finish with a nod to the authentic Ribera style of the past. Great glass of wine but anyway it is also from Sisseck.
FACT: In the tab 'Attachments' you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will automatically send you this when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will often also receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Pick up' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
You can read the full wine reviews from Parker, Suckling, Vinous and Wine Spectator via the links next to the image. A free service for our customers.
Need advice on finding the perfect wine for your dish? Click here for our exclusive Sommelier. Free for Grandcruwijnen customers.
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Appellation | Ribera del Duero |
| Winery | Dominio de Pingus |
| Grape | Tempranillo |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2031 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 1.5 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 95 |
| James Suckling rating | 94 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP (93-95)
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$40
Drink Date:
2025 - 2032
The 2022 PSI is clean, expressive and open, much more approachable than the more reductive 2021 that I tasted next to it. It's primary, fruit-driven and precise. "The fruit selection was better in 2022," explained Sisseck. It has contained ripeness and a polished texture and is sleek and elegant, with fine tannins. It feels like a step up from 2021. This was also the final blend waiting to be bottled—clarified, sulfur added and everything, so pretty much the wine that is going to be bottled.
I met with Peter Sisseck to taste the bottled 2021s and the 2022s that are about to be bottled. 2021 was a dry year after a rainy 2020 (a year of mildew, botrytis and Covid!), and he noticed the change of climate so decided they have to change viticulture. He has changed to higher yields—20 hectoliters per hectare, which is still very low but higher compared with the 12 in the beginning—and an earlier harvest, compared with the initial 1995, when he harvested in early October. Today, it's impossible to do that or you get 20% alcohol. He now harvests all the grapes in September, and he believes he has gained freshness in the wines. Pingus is still the same vines from 1929, where the individual dead vines are replaced with their own massal selection, so the average age of the vines is not all from 1929.
Flor de Pingus is now 100% from La Horra, where there was a land consolidation when they ripped up 60 hectares of vines and there was good land available. So, today he has 35 hectares for Flor de Pingus, including 12 to 15 hectares that they planted in the last few years. It's all head-pruned with echalás, with an individual post per plant, the way he finds works for him, planting 5,000 vines per hectare (at one by two meters) to work with very small tractors. In 2021, following some of the leading producers in Burgundy, he decided to not cut off the shoots which avoids the development of secondary bunches and stresses the plant. The plants grow to 2.5 meters, and the vassal leaves don't get dry. If you cut off, the vassal leaves get dry. He's going to try something similar with the old Pingus vines.
The other thing he discovered was Garnacha, something that comes from PSI, a natural way to lower the pH (the same as the Cabernet Sauvignon he used at Hacienda Monasterio). So, he planted also some 5% Garnacha in the Flor de Pingus vineyards, and the two varieties are fermented together. In 2006 and 2007, the wines had higher alcohol (15% to 15.5%), but there's more extraction with higher alcohol the more you extract from the wine and from the barrels. Those wines are evolving better than he expected, but he prefers to keep the alcohol at around 14%.
2021 was warm and dry, with some peaks in July that were really high, but then the average temperatures in 2022 and 2023 were maybe higher. The 2021s were bottled in June/July 2023, and the 2022s should be bottled in June/July 2024. The alcohol levels are all very similar for both vintages, around 14% (he tries not to reach 14.5% if possible).
For Flor, there's some 20% new barrels and now some new 6,000-liter oak vats to vinify and, in the future, also age the wines. For Pingus, there's no change—it's already 100% second-use barrels (from Flor and PSI).
As for 2022, the year of heat and drought made them think that climate change was really here. They harvested starting on September 5, very early, and finished before many had started. But the wine delivers beyond the expectations; they are rounder and gentler wines that are more fruit-driven, peachy and ripe but with freshness with energy.
As they have purchased 50 hectares for PSI, they found a small plot on a slope in Peñaranda with a field blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha and Albillo that was planted in the 1960s; he has done some experimental vinifications, and eventually, there might be some new single-vineyard PSI wines. I tasted the wine from that plot, tentatively called Bancal, from 2022. I also sampled a 2022 Blanco, an experimental white made with 100% Albillo from the plants scattered in the old vineyards, produced in a very Burgundian way, with full lees and in new barrels. Both are very impressive.
Published: Jun 13, 2024
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James Suckling
DOMINIO DE PINGUS RIBERA DEL DUERO PSI 2021
Monday, September 18, 2023
CountrySpain
RegionCastilla y León
Vintage2021
CHECK PRICE
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Score
94
Black cherries, asphalt, hedgerow, dark spices and dried Mediterranean herbs. Medium- to full-bodied on the palate with dusty, effusive tannins and a vertical finish. Pristine and stripped-down. Drink or hold.
Zekun Shuai
Senior Editor
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Peter Sisseck is one of Spain's most famous winemakers. However, it is Danish in origin. He gained experience as a young oenologist in Bordeaux and California and then started in 1990 as an oenologist at the Hacienda Monasterio domain in Ribera del Duero. It was here that he learned to estimate the real potential of the Tinto Fino. In 1995 he made his first own wine in a garage in Quintanilla de Onésimo. The Pingus myth was born.
The domain name and wine name 'Pingus' was his nickname in Denmark. After Pingus, his top wine, Flor de Pingus followed. The name and fame followed very quickly. America's most famous wine critic, on a trip in Bordeaux at the time, almost accidentally tasted the Pingus and praised it as Spain's absolute top wine. Pingus therefore has everything: strength, finesse, concentration and elegance. A rather unique combination in this region. During the 90's he used the vineyards of his friend Pedro Cuadrado from Finca Villacreces, located in the same village, for Flor de Pingus, and also occasionally did the vinification. Only in 2004 did he have his own small bodega ready in the center of the village. Sisseck has worked with old vines from the beginning and grows them according to the biodynamic principles. Together with Pablo Rubio he started the project 'Psi' in 2007: in this case we do not work with vines owned, but in collaboration with owners of old plots Tinto Fino. After a selection of the best plots, a wine is made that brings back the traditional vinification methods of the region. The aim is to make a wine that is more balanced, fair and balanced.
In Dominio de Pingus we only work with Tinto Fino, mainly from old vines. Particular importance is attached to the history of the region in the Psi project, which he set up together with Pablo Rubio. In 1990, there were 9,000 hectares of vineyards in the appellation, of which 6,000 hectares were old vines. Today we see more than 22,000 ha with only 4000 ha of old vines. All plots selected by Sisseck are the result of an intensive search for the best old vines Tinto Fino, with the best balance in a natural way and fully in accordance with the principles of biodynamics.
Pingus: this wine is the result of 2 complementary terroirs in the village of La Horra, 2 prefiloxera vineyards over 80 years old and very balanced, 4.5 ha in total. Barroso: an old terrace of the Duero, pebble and sand on clay and lime. San Cristóbal: a clay-like slope with a south-west exposition.
Flor de Pingus: from 16 different plots around La Horra and Roa; assembly of old vines and a number of younger vineyards. The plots for these wines are located in the heart of Ribera del Duero, at an altitude between 700 and 850 m; the terrain is hilly.
Psi: in the valleys of the Gromejón and Perales, tributaries of the Duero. Almost always slopes of sandy origin and lime to loam-clay soils, with the presence of pebbles to a greater or lesser extent. The plots are between 830 to 920 m height with very good drainage. It is all these elements that give the Psi a nice aromatic intensity, fraiche and soft tannins.
The climate is very continental, especially at the heights in this appellation. All vineyards are cultivated according to the biodynamic principles.
Vinification
Pingus: each grape is de-strained manually, grape by grape. Vinification in 2000 liter oak casks. Malolactic fermentation on new oak and level for 20 to 22 months. Total production of 6000 bottles and a yield of 11 hl / ha.
Flor de Pingus: all plots are vinified separately in stainless steel cuves of 4000 liters. Malolactic fermentation on new oak and level of 16 to 18 months.A total production of 60,000 bottles and a yield of 19 hl / ha
Psi: to obtain a gentle extraction, the vinification takes place in large cement cuves. After that, the wine undergoes further maturing partly on cement, on large wooden casks and in small oak barrels. Depending on the year, production ranges from 100,000 to 200,000 bottles.