Tinto del Pais
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Emilio Moro 2006 Malleolus de Sanchomartin Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- Editors' Choice
- $204
Talk about magnetic aromas of bacon, tobacco and bold black fruit, and then comes an oak-rich palate full of coconut, butter, chocolate and exotic berry flavor. Chocolate truffle and pastry work the finish, and overall this is a mile-deep beauty to drink from 2011 through 2017.
— M.S.
(6/1/2010)
Viña Sastre 2001 Pesus Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- $395
Talk about a wine that’s tight as a bank vault. You almost need a pick and axe to get into this bruiser. The bouquet is drawn in, with toast, lemon peel and pure belt leather adding a manly element to the earthy fruit that lurks below. What a pedigree on this single-vineyard alta expressión red, and the coffee-flooded finish goes on and on. Hold until 2009. 125…
— M.S.
(6/1/2005)
Aalto 2001 PS Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- Editors' Choice
- $105
Aalto is one of several smaller projects being led by former Vega Sicilia head winemaker Mariano García, and we think this 2001 Pagos Seliccionados (PS) is his best effort to date. The wine is dark, with charcoal, lemon and pure black-fruit aromas. It features a brilliant luster and deep, rich, syrupy flavors of maple, boysenberry and black cherry. Shows a…
— M.S.
(6/1/2005)
Dominio de Pingus 2001 Pingus Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- $320
Huge and on the border of overwhelming. But if you like yours concentrated and forward (although arguably not that complex) then Pingus is a dream come true. Start with the bouquet of coffee, earth, black truffle and smoked meat before digging into the wine’s saturated black-fruit palate. Big tannins on the finish say lay it down for several years.
— M.S.
(6/1/2005)
O. Fournier 2006 Alfa Spiga Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- Editors' Choice
- $47
A fine and intricate heavyweight that blends power and ripeness with complexity and class. Quality leather, spice, toast and dark berry aromas set up a structured, grippy palate with generous black fruit flavors, tobacco notes and chewy tannins. Long, sweet and rewarding on the finish. Drink now through 2016.
— M.S.
(12/15/2011)
Dominio de Pingus 2001 Flor de Pingus Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- Editors' Choice
- $50
Barely a step down from the more rare and pricey Pingus, the ’01 Flor should fly off store shelves and restaurant wine lists. It’s that good, starting with the intoxicating nose and moving through the pure palate and onto the marvelous finish. A wine that goes all the way, with spice, leather and mounds of rich, ripe fruit.
— M.S.
(6/1/2005)
O. Fournier 2004 AlfaSpiga Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- Editors' Choice
- $54
Twenty months in oak has created coconut aromas to go with the ripe, sappy boysenberry scents that are draped on this studly, full-force RDD. The palate is a powder keg of massive blackberry, boysenberry and chocolate flavors, and the finish is like a retaining wall that keeps everything focused on the impressive midpalate. Great if you like ’em big. Imported by…
— M.S.
(11/1/2007)
Emilio Moro 2002 Malleolus de Valderramiro Tinto del Pais (Ribera del Duero)
- $166
Undoubtedly powerful, but lovable. The nose is wholesome and complete, a blend of earth, coffee and heavy black cherry and plum aromas. Broad on the palate, with deep levels of dark fruit mixed with copious French oak. A big-time success in ’02, and proof that good wines can come from marginal vintages.
— M.S.
(6/1/2005)
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