In Bond Fine Wine. 2016 Peter Sisseck Flor de Pingus, Ribera del Duero, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Red spain - red in 12x75cl. Top critic score: 95/100 (LG). Drinking window: 2019+. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Luis Gutiérrez (LG) — 95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 30/12/2019 · Drink 2020-2026
I also tasted the unbottled 2016 Flor de Pingus before, so a revisit now, some 15 months after it was bottled, was due. There is great freshness in these 2016s, with a character that reminded me of orange peel, citrus and floral. There is great balance in the palate, and the tannins are velvety within the faintly rustic character of the zone; keeping the style of the zone, that texture is what Pe…
James Suckling (JS) — 96/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 26/07/2019 · Drink 2021+
Chalky and intense with so much blackberry character. Some smoke, too. Full body. Firm and chewy with lots of fruit, but a tight and linear finish. Chewy and intense. Needs a year or two to open, but already a joy. Better after 2021.
Luis Gutiérrez (LG) — 93–95/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 01/08/2018 · Drink 2019-2026
I caught the 2016 Flor de Pingus days before it was due for bottling, so what I tasted was the final blend (done after the time in barrel was over) that was just settling in tank before being bottled. The paradox of 2016 is that it was a warm year, but the resulting wines have great freshness, which also happened in 1996 (one of my favorite old vintages of Pingus). The yields were higher, which b…