Fine
93p
91 Tb points
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Wine Description
The Story
Dominio de Pingus was established in 1995 by Danish winemaker Peter Sisseck. It is situated in the La Horra area of the Ribera del Duero region. The wine produced, Pingus, is considered a "cult wine", sold at extremely high prices while remaining very inaccessible.
On the estate's winemaking philosophies, Sisseck has stated, "The vines in my plots are very old. They have never been fertilised nor treated with pesticides and all grow followi...
Wine Information
Vintage 1997
The 1997 Spanish wine harvest stands as a soft, early-ripening, and lighter-styled vintage across Rioja and Ribera del Duero, characterized by an extraordinarily warm early spring that induced rapid budbreak, followed by a cool, damp summer and an erratic autumn that required careful vineyard sorting. Unlike the concentrated, solar vintages surrounding it, 1997 favored freshness, lower tannins, and modest fruit density, leading top bodegas—inc...