Dominio de PingusPSI 2020

Resultatet är lite typiskt för årgången på många, bästa håll i områden som Rioja och Ribera; mer transparens i koncentrationen och en rödmörk sirligt mogen fruktighet som bjuder in med stor omedelbarhet i umgänget. Med tanniner som agerar med ett silkigt skrapande och kalkmineraliskt driv, landar vi närapå i ett vällustigt, skärpt vinlandskap där aromatiska kryddor, örter och bär samspelar välsmort i inslagen, komplett njutbart idag. I djupet känner vi dock att vinet har ett långt liv med en lovande utvecklingskurva.

In 2020, he reached the target he set for himself when PSI first started, to produce around 300,000 bottles (it's actually 350,000 bottles). The volume of the 2020 PSI is something that's important, as it has availability and affordability, which is necessary when based on quality, purchasing only grapes from old vines (they use 7,000 plots for this volume!). So, they also started purchasing some of those vineyards in 2022 (they think they need 200 hectares to keep the volume, so the aim is to own maybe half of it). Peter Sisseck remarked that we have to remember 2020 was a warm year, but with the high content of limestone in the soils, the wine has kept very good freshness. They harvested early, before the rain, and they also used some 5% to 10% Garnacha (they could use up to 25%, according to regulations) in the blend to lower the pH of the wine. Below 3.8, he thinks, the wines from the zone are very angular and hard if it's only Tempranillo, so Garnacha (which doesn't have as much tannins as Tempranillo) can help with that; but the difficulty is finding Garnacha grapes, so they are considering planting some Garnacha for the future. The bottled wine has all that the sample promised—clean and healthy aromas, floral and elegant, aromatic and with good freshness. The palate is medium-bodied, with elegant tannins, pleasant and easy to drink. 350,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2022.

The Mediterranean identity immediately comes to the fore with garrigues, sage, thyme and black cherries. Juicy and fresh on the palate with excellent fluidity to the middle with a medium to full body and a long, spicy finish. Drink now.