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2013 Bodegas Pintia, Toro, Spain

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Tempranillo
Luis Gutiérrez
93/100
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Product: 20131135479
2013 Bodegas Pintia, Toro, Spain

Description

PIntia is wonderful in 2013. It was a lighter vintage in general but this has really brought out the elegance of this wine, so often swathed in structure and tannins. There is a gentle touch of ripe blueberry alongside the ripe raspberry on the nose, yet the core of the wine is rich and dark. The tannins are still definitely in evidence; they have a tissue-like quality yet are also firm. They have been extremely well managed. A savoury, tasty mineral freshness comes through, leaving the palate wanting more. There is a gentleness to this Pintia which is extremely attractive with all the power still there, just held well in check. This is a truly lovely wine. Pintia: tamed. Drink now to 2025.
Catriona Felstead MW, Wine Buyer

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2013
Alcohol % 14
Grape List Tempranillo
Body Full Bodied
Property Bodegas Pintia

Critics reviews

Luis Gutiérrez 93/100
The challenge in Toro is to achieve the elegance usually linked with the name of Vega Sicilia, and with the 2013 Pintia, it's achieved by fine-tuning the harvest date to maintain the freshness of aromas and acidity of the wine. The grapes were picked between September 26th and October 10th and fermented after a cold soak. Malolactic occurred in 70% French barrels, 25% American oak and the remaining 5% in Hungarian barriques. It's a more elegant year for Pintia, as cooler vintages usually help counterbalance the natural power of Toro. It's also a lighter year with good freshness, and this showed a fine thread on the palate and was nicely textured, elegant within the rusticity of the zone. It was bottled in April 2015. 149,449 bottles, 5,558 magnums and some larger formats were produced.Luis Gutirrez - 31/08/2018
Luis Gutiérrez, RobertParker.com (Aug 2018)

About this wine

Tempranillo/Tinto Fino

A high quality red wine grape that is grown all over Spain except in the hot South - it is known as Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero, Cencibel in La Mancha and Valdepenas and Ull de Llebre in Catalonia. Its spiritual home is in Rioja and Navarra where it constitutes around 70% of most red blends.

Bodegas Pintia

Vega Sicilia’s owners, the Álvarez family, bought Bodegas Pintia in 1996, attracted to the galet-strewn terroir in the northern Spanish region of Toro, the rich clay subsoils and the familiar altitude. They decided to produce an alternative expression of Vega Sicilia’s style of Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) from this site. Toro’s main point of difference to Ribera del Duero is the ambient temperature, which can blaze in the height of summer. The challenge here is to match concentration with elegance, a challenge met by Bodegas Pintia with no shortage of aplomb.

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