2021 Pingus Flor de Pingus
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | |
| Appellation | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2035 |
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100% Tinto Fino. Vinification and élevage 20 months in new French oak. The wine Flor de Pingus is the 2nd wine of the legendary Pingus. The Flor de Pingus from the famous winemaker Peter Sisseck comes from 16 different plots around La Horra and Roa. The plots for these wines are located in the heart of Ribera del Duero, at an altitude between 700 and 850 meters and as befits this top wine. grown in an organic way, so no poison or fertilizer. Very deep and young in color. Sultry, ripe fruit (blueberry, blackberry) and beautiful notes of coffee, cocoa and leather and surprisingly balanced for its age. The wine is very deep and young in color. Sultry, packs of ripe red berry type blueberry, blackberries. Also coffee, fine smoky wood notes to a limited extent, cocoa and leather. Concentrated attack with a lot of everything. Ripe tannin structure. Decant in the first 5 years of life. Pour into a large wine glass at 18°C. The 2021 has received no less than (95-96)/100 Parker points
FACT: In the 'Attachments' tab you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will send this to you automatically when you order this wine. The wine is stored in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and when you pick up the wine you will often receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Collect' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
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 | 2021 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2035 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 96 |
| James Suckling rating | 96 |
| Vinous rating | 95 |
| 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 (95-96)
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$95
Drink Date:
2023 - 2032
I love the 2021 Flor de Pingus, a more ethereal vintage that is very harmonious. A co-fermentation of some 3% Garnacha with Tempranillo, it's an elegant wine in the style of 2018 and 2016, subtle and very balanced, with elegant tannins that give it very good silkiness. It is focused and fresh and has a sense of harmony and very integrated oak. There will be 104,000 bottles to be bottled around June 2023.
I tasted the bottled 2020s from Peter Sisseck and the samples from 2021 that I had already tasted last year. 2020 was the year of COVID-29, a very unusual year with circumstances previously unheard of. They had a lot of rain in spring that allowed for wines with finesse (which he compared with 1996 in some things). In 1995, he harvested late (October) with 1,200 kilos per hectare, and the wine did not reach 14% alcohol. If you did those yields and dates today, you'd get 20% alcohol, so there is a need to adjust viticulture. In 2020, they started harvesting on September 10 (which is early, but they started even earlier in 2022, on September 7), but the question is always about lack of concentration and green tannins. They are very careful with extraction, shorter pumping overs, etc. He considers 2012 and 2016 years of change, and the wines are now subtler even if analytics are similar, but the perception is different. The experience is that when the wines are above 15% alcohol, they do not age well. 2020 has fine tannins, but it was a warm year of approachable wines, when they did a slightly longer élevage than he thought at first (they were bottled in July 2022 with some more time in tank because he bought a new bottling line). There will be a new wine from 2021 produced by the next generation, Leonora Sisseck and husband Carlos del RÃo Jr., from a young vineyard planted with 15% Garnacha, produced in a young and fresh style, quite different. I didn't taste anything from 2022, but he told me the result is better than expected, because he was seriously worried if they were going to be able to harvest any grapes at all!
I tasted the barrel samples from 2021, a dry year in Ribera del Duero, with a little rain in June, but it's a vintage for which Peter Sisseck felt the key was the low temperatures at night. So, 2021 is cooler than 2020; and in 2021, they harvested one week earlier than in 2020, earlier than the majority of wineries in Ribera del Duero, as he finished when the most hadn't even started. All the wines are between 13.5% and 14% alcohol (the Flor was a little higher, 14.2%, with 20% new barrels). However, Sisseck still classifies 2021 as a warm vintage, following the path of 2015 and 2016, perhaps a little more austere, perhaps the tannins are a little more noticeable and the wines are going to benefit from the élevage, for Sisseck a more classical vintage. But it's not a super warm vintage like 2009 or 2015, perhaps more in the line of the 2018 with more punch, closer to the 2016 and 2018 than 2015. But it's going to be a heterogeneous vintage in Ribera del Duero, despite what the official classification of the vintage by the appellation might have been (excellent, nonetheless!). I think the 2021s here are incredibly elegant. The first year when they harvested early was 2016, and this is the evolution within that era. In 2021, all wines, except PSI, are certified organic, and they used the new barrels that had previously been used for PSI, so no new oak in Pingus again. Amelia was fermented with 50% full clusters; it's a rare and limited wine from a single vineyard that is sold exclusively in the US. There might be a new wine in 2021, a textured red with grip and good volume, a wine with 20% Garnacha fermented with 25% full clusters. It's not clear what they are going to do with it, the result of a half hectare of five-year-old vines Sisseck planted with Tinta del PaÃs and Garnacha. There are four (used) barrels of this. Time will tell. ...
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James Suckling
DOMINIO DE PINGUS RIBERA DEL DUERO FLOR DE PINGUS 2021
Monday, September 18, 2023
CountrySpain
RegionCastilla y León
Vintage2021
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Score
96
Dark cherries, ripe but fresh blueberries, slate, violets and a hint of graphite. There is lushness of fruit but it remains fresh and very primary in the middle with powdery tannins and a long, even finish. Has volume and linearity as well. Drink or hold.
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Vinous
95
Drinking Window
2025 - 2040
From: Ribera del Duero: A Shifting Frontier for Spanish Wine (Nov 2023)
The 2021 Flor de Pingus hails from several vineyards in La Horra, Ribera del Duero and spent 18 months in French oak barrels. Purple in hue. The complex, subtle aromas include sour cherry and blueberry intertwined with rose, herbs and garrigue hints. On the palate, it's dry and velvety, with a balanced, fairly intense, chalky character that's low on freshness but high on energy. This is a distinctive, delicious red that reflects a modern approach to Ribera.
- By JoaquÃn Hidalgo on September 2023
Peter Sisseck, a legend in Ribera del Duero, has established and maintained a reputation for precision and excellence since he first came to this corner of Spain in 1992. Trained in Bordeaux, Sisseck elevated Ribera to World Class status with the first vintages of Pingus in 1995 and 1996. In 2003, Sisseck introduced the house's second label, Flor de Pingus. By 2005, a warm vintage, he had recalibrated his Tempranillo, adopting a gentler approach and larger, used barrels for aging. "We changed everything so we could keep doing the same thing," he says as we tour the barrel room. For Pingus, Sisseck harvests old vineyards in La Horra and nearby plots, crafting an austere version of a Ribera red enhanced by the limestone soils to produce a reserved but nuanced character. For the Flor de Pingus, he uses old vines from Soria, creating a richer profile with polished tannins but just as much complexity. Sisseck's meticulous approach is a beacon of Ribera del Duero excellence.
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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.
100% Tinto Fino. Vinification and élevage 20 months in new French oak. The wine Flor de Pingus is the 2nd wine of the legendary Pingus. The Flor de Pingus from the famous winemaker Peter Sisseck comes from 16 different plots around La Horra and Roa. The plots for these wines are located in the heart of Ribera del Duero, at an altitude between 700 and 850 meters and as befits this top wine. grown in an organic way, so no poison or fertilizer. Very deep and young in color. Sultry, ripe fruit (blueberry, blackberry) and beautiful notes of coffee, cocoa and leather and surprisingly balanced for its age. The wine is very deep and young in color. Sultry, packs of ripe red berry type blueberry, blackberries. Also coffee, fine smoky wood notes to a limited extent, cocoa and leather. Concentrated attack with a lot of everything. Ripe tannin structure. Decant in the first 5 years of life. Pour into a large wine glass at 18°C. The 2021 has received no less than (95-96)/100 Parker points
FACT: In the 'Attachments' tab you will find the official fact sheet of this beautiful wine. We will send this to you automatically when you order this wine. The wine is stored in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and when you pick up the wine you will often receive a nice discount . You will see your discount immediately when you choose 'Collect' on the checkout page. We are located in Dordrecht almost next to the A16 with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.
| 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 | 2021 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2035 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 96 |
| James Suckling rating | 96 |
| Vinous rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP (95-96)
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$95
Drink Date:
2023 - 2032
I love the 2021 Flor de Pingus, a more ethereal vintage that is very harmonious. A co-fermentation of some 3% Garnacha with Tempranillo, it's an elegant wine in the style of 2018 and 2016, subtle and very balanced, with elegant tannins that give it very good silkiness. It is focused and fresh and has a sense of harmony and very integrated oak. There will be 104,000 bottles to be bottled around June 2023.
I tasted the bottled 2020s from Peter Sisseck and the samples from 2021 that I had already tasted last year. 2020 was the year of COVID-29, a very unusual year with circumstances previously unheard of. They had a lot of rain in spring that allowed for wines with finesse (which he compared with 1996 in some things). In 1995, he harvested late (October) with 1,200 kilos per hectare, and the wine did not reach 14% alcohol. If you did those yields and dates today, you'd get 20% alcohol, so there is a need to adjust viticulture. In 2020, they started harvesting on September 10 (which is early, but they started even earlier in 2022, on September 7), but the question is always about lack of concentration and green tannins. They are very careful with extraction, shorter pumping overs, etc. He considers 2012 and 2016 years of change, and the wines are now subtler even if analytics are similar, but the perception is different. The experience is that when the wines are above 15% alcohol, they do not age well. 2020 has fine tannins, but it was a warm year of approachable wines, when they did a slightly longer élevage than he thought at first (they were bottled in July 2022 with some more time in tank because he bought a new bottling line). There will be a new wine from 2021 produced by the next generation, Leonora Sisseck and husband Carlos del RÃo Jr., from a young vineyard planted with 15% Garnacha, produced in a young and fresh style, quite different. I didn't taste anything from 2022, but he told me the result is better than expected, because he was seriously worried if they were going to be able to harvest any grapes at all!
I tasted the barrel samples from 2021, a dry year in Ribera del Duero, with a little rain in June, but it's a vintage for which Peter Sisseck felt the key was the low temperatures at night. So, 2021 is cooler than 2020; and in 2021, they harvested one week earlier than in 2020, earlier than the majority of wineries in Ribera del Duero, as he finished when the most hadn't even started. All the wines are between 13.5% and 14% alcohol (the Flor was a little higher, 14.2%, with 20% new barrels). However, Sisseck still classifies 2021 as a warm vintage, following the path of 2015 and 2016, perhaps a little more austere, perhaps the tannins are a little more noticeable and the wines are going to benefit from the élevage, for Sisseck a more classical vintage. But it's not a super warm vintage like 2009 or 2015, perhaps more in the line of the 2018 with more punch, closer to the 2016 and 2018 than 2015. But it's going to be a heterogeneous vintage in Ribera del Duero, despite what the official classification of the vintage by the appellation might have been (excellent, nonetheless!). I think the 2021s here are incredibly elegant. The first year when they harvested early was 2016, and this is the evolution within that era. In 2021, all wines, except PSI, are certified organic, and they used the new barrels that had previously been used for PSI, so no new oak in Pingus again. Amelia was fermented with 50% full clusters; it's a rare and limited wine from a single vineyard that is sold exclusively in the US. There might be a new wine in 2021, a textured red with grip and good volume, a wine with 20% Garnacha fermented with 25% full clusters. It's not clear what they are going to do with it, the result of a half hectare of five-year-old vines Sisseck planted with Tinta del PaÃs and Garnacha. There are four (used) barrels of this. Time will tell. ...
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James Suckling
DOMINIO DE PINGUS RIBERA DEL DUERO FLOR DE PINGUS 2021
Monday, September 18, 2023
CountrySpain
RegionCastilla y León
Vintage2021
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Score
96
Dark cherries, ripe but fresh blueberries, slate, violets and a hint of graphite. There is lushness of fruit but it remains fresh and very primary in the middle with powdery tannins and a long, even finish. Has volume and linearity as well. Drink or hold.
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Vinous
95
Drinking Window
2025 - 2040
From: Ribera del Duero: A Shifting Frontier for Spanish Wine (Nov 2023)
The 2021 Flor de Pingus hails from several vineyards in La Horra, Ribera del Duero and spent 18 months in French oak barrels. Purple in hue. The complex, subtle aromas include sour cherry and blueberry intertwined with rose, herbs and garrigue hints. On the palate, it's dry and velvety, with a balanced, fairly intense, chalky character that's low on freshness but high on energy. This is a distinctive, delicious red that reflects a modern approach to Ribera.
- By JoaquÃn Hidalgo on September 2023
Peter Sisseck, a legend in Ribera del Duero, has established and maintained a reputation for precision and excellence since he first came to this corner of Spain in 1992. Trained in Bordeaux, Sisseck elevated Ribera to World Class status with the first vintages of Pingus in 1995 and 1996. In 2003, Sisseck introduced the house's second label, Flor de Pingus. By 2005, a warm vintage, he had recalibrated his Tempranillo, adopting a gentler approach and larger, used barrels for aging. "We changed everything so we could keep doing the same thing," he says as we tour the barrel room. For Pingus, Sisseck harvests old vineyards in La Horra and nearby plots, crafting an austere version of a Ribera red enhanced by the limestone soils to produce a reserved but nuanced character. For the Flor de Pingus, he uses old vines from Soria, creating a richer profile with polished tannins but just as much complexity. Sisseck's meticulous approach is a beacon of Ribera del Duero excellence.
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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.