Dominio de Pingus Pingus Ribera del Duero 2017

Dominio de Pingus Pingus Ribera del Duero is the result of Peter Sisseck’s commitment to capturing the utmost from his prized, old-vine Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) vineyard. Peter credits 15+ years of biodynamic farming for Pingus’ unique texture and personality, and for allowing him to drastically cut the percentage of new wood employed (to zero in most years).

While other Spanish wines have achieved international recognition, Pingus is one of the very few that has joined the ranks of the world’s most coveted wines. Like Coche-Dury’s Corton-Charlemagne, Guigal’s LaLa wines, or Giacomo Conterno’s Monfortino, Pingus is known and revered wherever great wine is discussed.

96 points Robert Parker Wine Advocate

About Dominio de Pingus

Pingus is produced by the visionary Danish winemaker Peter Sisseck. Peter arrived in Spain in 1993 to manage a new project, Hacienda Monasterio. While planting and developing Monasterio, he began to dream about the old vines he saw dotted around the Ribera del Duero landscape. By the 1995 vintage, Peter had found a group of old vines that spurred him to embark on his own project. He called it “Pingus,” after his childhood nickname.

One can only imagine what the reactions were like when Peter showed up in Bordeaux at the March 1996 en primeur tastings. Yet, by the end of the week, Pingus was perhaps the greatest story of that season’s futures campaign. Robert Parker announced the wine on the back cover of his Wine Advocate, bestowing an unheard of 96-100-point score. The world took notice, and Pingus was on its way.