Peter Sisseck, the very smart Dane, is the founder and owner of Pingus. He researched Ribera del Duero meticulously before he settled on two vineyards of different soils which deliver the fruit for the Pingus wine. If anybody is interested how to create an ultra premium brand, and a wine which sells for more than US$2000 per bottle, one could do worse than studying this story. No I have never tasted this wine.
However, there is a little brother, Flor de Pingus, and this I tasted a few days ago. This wine is a blend of six other vineyards of the region, from 19 biodynamically farmed parcels. He and others hold the view that blended wines are superior to single vineyard wines of Ribera del Duero because of quite extreme soil conditions.
The 2019 Pingus 'Flor de Pingus' shows a very dark inky colour. It is quite aromatic on the nose. One would expect a big, concentrated wine on the palate, but this is not the case. The dark cherry flavours and spice are very elegant; the wine almost dances on the palate with its silky tannins. However, I find the wine lacks some drive and power, which I would have expected from such a premium wine.
Score: 94/++
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