Dominio de Pingus, Pingus Ribera del Duero 2023

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Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez

I missed the bottled 2023 Pingus by a matter of days last year, but the final blend I tasted then is what I also found in bottle now. After a shorter élevage in a year of accumulated drought and heat, the wine has finesse and elegance, perhaps a little less concentrated, and it's textured and super long, with very fine tannins that give it a chalky texture. It has contained ripeness, with around 14% alcohol. The quality of the tannins is amazing—they are super elegant. It does not have the power of the 2022, but it has the finesse. It's still young, but in the long run, the wine should develop very nicely in bottle. This could be like the 1996 and the 2024, more in the style of more powerful years like 1995, 2004 and 2015. It's not quite as fresh as the more Atlantic years, but the place has a stronger voice than the vintage; it's very long and complete. Like other 2023s, the challenge was to avoid the excess power. It's round and seems to be settled and doesn't show heat at all or over-ripeness. Only a handful of vineyards are able to do this in a year like 2023. It's pretty much about texture. The tannins are going to require some patience. 7,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2025.