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Pintia 2007 75cl

DO | Castilla y León | Spain
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Critics scores
94 By Robert Parker
The 2007 Pintia has a deep garnet core. The bouquet is powerful, almost as intense as the 2004, but it exhibits greater delineation and perhaps even more complexity. There are gorgeous notes of dark cherries, cassis and touches of dried violets. The palate is medium-bodied with a rounded mouthfeel – a smooth, suave Pintia with layers of red fruit laced with dried herbs, cedar and a hint of Moroccan spice. The tannins are soft but define the 2007 at the moment. There remains some oak to be subsumed towards the finish, which exerts a firm grip. This deserves two or three years longer in bottle – this is a little harlot of a wine!
Producer
Bodegas Pintia
Ribera del Duero’s most famous estate, Vega Sicilia, established a new Toro located winery in 1997 called Pintia. Upon acquiring 100 hectares of old Tinto de Toro vines, just about one hundred kilometers downstream from their other estates, the Álvarez family choose San Román de Hornija as the home of Pintia. In the beginning years, they experimented with several viticulture and viniculture techniques to unveil the true potential of Toro. Finally, in aims to preserve the wildness that Toro vines offer, they decided on a style that would conserve the fruitiness of the grape, while creating the most elegant wines of the appellation. Today, heading the new generation of Toro wines, the estate only produces one wine, fittingly named Pintia. It is a sophisticated hand-harvested pure Tempranillo that is both rich and intense.