it needs a fair bit of swirling to unlock intoxicating scents of blackcurrant cordial

spice and sweet tobacco

Sassicaia from the cool vintages is a famously reticent or withholding wine in its earliest years

potent pencil shaving notes

Dominio de Pingus 'Pingus', Ribera del Duero, 2018, 75cl Løse flasker it needs a fair bitI was really looking forward to the bottled version of the 2018 Pingus after a great showing of the cask sample last year. Part of the wine matured in 20,000 liter oak casks, so it's not all barrique. This is the first time they used the vats, and based on the results, Sisseck thinks in the future Pingus will be around 50% in oak vats. The Pingus vines were planted in 1929 in two different sectors of the village of La Horra, Barroso and San Cristobal