Descripción

Posíblemente estemos hablando de uno de los tres vinos más míticos de España. Este Pingus 2017 es una delicia que tiene tras de sí el aval de los mejores críticos nacionales e internacionales. Este es el vino que hace referencia al apodo de niñez de su creador, el danés Peter Sisseck. Cada botella de esta maravilla es un trocito de la Ribera del Duero. Para detener el mundo tras el descorche. 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Dominio de Pingus
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2017
Grado
14.5% vol.
Producción
5.700 botellas.
Variedad
100% Tinto fino
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Ribera del Duero

Cata

Vista
Color cereza intenso.
Nariz
Aroma lleno de complejidad con notas especiadas, minerales y de fruta en sazón.
Boca
Lo define su extrema elegancia. Redondo, voluminoso, largo y persistente.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2035 en óptimas condiciones de conservación.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
Viñedos Barroso y San Cristóbal
Descripción
Viñedos plantados en vaso repartidos entre los términos municipales de La Horra y Roa a una altitud de 845 metros. Pingus es el resultado de las uvas de dos viñedos prefiloxéricos excepcionalmente equilibrados
Superficie
4,5 hectáreas.
Edad
Viñedos plantados en 1929.
Suelo
El terreno del viñedo Barroso es una antigua terraza del Duero gravelo-arenosa sobre arcilla y cal, y el de San Cristóbal es una ladera arcillosa con exposición sur-oeste.
Clima
Continental
Rendimiento
16 hectolitros por hectárea.
Vinificación
Se vinifica con uvas enteras en pequeños fudres de 2.000 litros. La fermentación maloláctica se produce en barrica nueva.
Envejecimiento
23 meses en barricas de roble de 225 litros procedentes de dos tonelerías diferentes.
Embotellado
En julio de 2019.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

I also tasted the 2017 Pingus, which had a tough competition with the bottled 2016 and a barrel sample of the 2018 (and the fermenting 2019, but that doesn't really count). 2017 was a weird vintage for the zone, as the year was marked by one spring frost that decimated the crop and completely changed the balance of the year. In 2007, they put a windmill in one of the plots, and although the plot was not able to escape the frost, it was not as acute as it was in the Flor de Pingus vineyards, where they lost up to 40% of the crop. At the Pingus vineyards, they lost some 25% of the grapes. They started the élevage in used barriques, where they wine matured for 12 months, and then moved the wine to larger barrels so they could extend the aging. There are alternate sensations of ripeness and herbal aromas. You can see a little bit of the tannic style of a concentrated year (1995, 2004, 2014), which is very different from fluid years like 2016 or 1996, with a rustic Ribera character. They saved the vintage with their knowledge of their vineyards, whereas in the past, a vintage like this could have been a disaster. Sometimes wines like this can have an unexpected development in bottle... 5,700 bottles were filled in July 2019. - Luis Gutiérrez. 

James Suckling:

The brightness and intensity here is fantastic with density and firmness that is most impressive. Squared-off tannins give this classicism and beauty. Full body. Extremely long and powerful. One to watch.

Tim Atkin:

Deservedly regarded as one of Spain's greatest reds, this is never a blockbuster Tempranillo, even in a year like 2017 when 30% of the crop was lost to frost. Made with 4.5-hectares of old-vine fruit from the Barroso and San Cristóbal pagos, it has youthful flavours of blood orange, black cherry and raspberry and beautifully understated wood. The tannins are silky and refined, the palate very long indeed.