2020 Pintia---- Bodegas Pintia - aus dem Hause Vega-Sicilia

Parker - Luis Gutierrez 94, 2026 - 2032,

The 2020 Pintia is from a powerful year of concentration, so they were very careful with the harvest date, did a softer vinification trying to extract less and included amphorae and less toast in the élevage. It's opulent and juicy but gentle. The wine reached 15.5% alcohol and has a pH of 3.9 with 4.4 grams of acidity. It fermented in stainless steel and oak vats with indigenous yeasts. It was a very warm and dry vintage in Toro, with a heat wave before the harvest, so they had to rush to pick the grapes; and still the wine is richer and more powerful, even though the amphorae helped them contain the sensation of ripeness in the wine. It has a heady and ripe profile, very aromatic and showy, with notes of very ripe berries, prunes and decayed violets with a faint volatile twist. It matured 70% in new barrels, 10% in used barrels, 10% in stainless steel and 5% in clay pots. It's full bodied and lush, with abundant, slightly dusty tannins. It was a ripe and powerful vintage for Pintia, but it evolved nicely in the glass, showing less of its ripe side with time, which to me is a good sign. Some 14,304 half bottles, 209,009 bottles, 6,645 magnums and some larger formats were produced. It was bottled in August 2022.

The Toro project from Vega Sicilia is also implementing some changes: in 2021, they fermented all the wines with indigenous yeasts; in 2020, they introduced some clay tinajas for the élevage; in 2023, they introduced a little Garnacha in the blend; and in 2024, they added glass wine globes for aging. They have 98 hectares of vineyards in the villages of San Román de Hornija, Villaester and Toro and produce 280,000 to 320,000 bottles.

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