Zweitwein zu 10% des 100 Punkte Erstweins

2016 Pingus ist ein weiterer, mehrfach mit 100 Punkten bewerteter Meilenstein, bereits jetzt eine spanische Weinlegende und lt. PETER SISSECK der Beste, den er bis dato produziert hat. In diesem Kontext deshalb mindestens ebenso interessant, zudem zu nur 10% des Preises des Erstweines erheblich preiswerter ist 2016 FLOR DE PINGUS, der sensationelle Bewertungen erhielt. FLOR DE PINGUS zählt seit Jahren zu einem der besten Zweitweine weltweit, der mit dem Jahrgang 2016 sogar Jubiläum feiert, 1996 war die Erstausgabe. Mehr hierzu weiter unten. Um den Jahrgang besser zu verstehen, anbei auszugsweise, was uns PETER SISSECK zum Jahrgang 2016 an die Hand gab: > „2016 was happily a great and generous year...After a very dry winter we had plenty of spring rain and our vineyards having been plowed was able to store all the wonderful rain that we needed for the very dry summer that was facing us. From July to September we didn’t see a cloud . It was easy to see that we had to think differently from other years . My plan was to leave more grapes on the vines in the vineyards we know cope well with dry summers . All this to avoid having wines that would be to high in alcohol and too concentrated. This worked wonderfully for Pingus and Flor de Pingus , we had very few stressed and blocked vineyards so after waiting 108 days from the flowering we were able to start an early harvest on the 21 of September. when we finished the harvest on the 5 of October , 176 Bodegas (of 295) had still not started the harvest . The last Bodegas to finish, finished in November . For a few weeks I seriously thought I had missread the year. But tasting the wines in November and December after the malolactic fermentation convinced me we had made some of the best and most balanced wines in the history of our young Bodega.” SISSECK zu 2016 FLOR DE PINGUS:

“Like the Pingus the Flor is also a wine of lightness and transparency …the wine has a darker color than Pingus but also a great length . The 30% new barrels gives the wine a nice lift and the character is quit “sexy”… It will be a great Flor for midterm drinking. Aging 18 months.” Die Bewertungen des 2016 FLOR DE PINGUS sind enorm hoch, keine Sorge, weitere Spitzenbewertungen werden folgen. Wie gesagt, FLOR DE PINGUS ist einer der weltbesten Zweitweine, feiert mit dem Jahrgang 2016 nach dem Erstlingswein 1996 sogar Jubiläum. Und vergessen Sie nicht, all das zu 10% des Preises des Erstweins. Und neugierig wie wir sind, haben wir umgehend eine Flasche 1996 Flor de Pingus geöffnet: > „wow, wow, wow, ein Wein, jetzt perfekt auf dem Höhepunkt!!!“   2016 FLOR DE PINGUS: 96 JAMES SUCKLING:
"Chalky and intense with so much blackberry character. Some smoke, too. Full body. Firm and chewy with lots of fruit, but a tight and linear finish. Chewy and intense. Needs a year or two to open, but already a joy. Better after 2021" 2016 FLOR DE PINGUS: 93-95 THE WINE ADVOCATE:
"I caught the 2016 Flor de Pingus days before it was due for bottling, so what I tasted was the final blend (done after the time in barrel was over) that was just settling in tank before being bottled. The paradox of 2016 is that it was a warm year, but the resulting wines have great freshness, which also happened in 1996 (one of my favorite old vintages of Pingus). The yields were higher, which brought more freshness to the wines; and the wines are airier and not as compact as, for example, 2015. In fact, what they have been doing for some time now is to work in viticulture—the pruning and what you do with the canopy—to achieve slightly higher yields and get the plants to balance, because as you increase the yields, the ripening takes longer. Even though it´s young, this shows amazing perfume that should bloom with a year in bottle. This has all the signals to become one of the greatest vintages of Flor de Pingus. They expect to fill some 105,000 bottles in June 2018. I already look forward to tasting this in my next round, after it has spent a year or more in bottle." Wir möchten Ihnen eines dringend empfehlen. 2016 FLOR DE PINGUS finden Sie zu diesem Preis weltweit kein zweites Mal. Schlagen Sie zu und packen Sie einen Teil davon in die Ecke. Preislich, wie gesagt, 10% des Erstweines, der mit 100 Punkten mehr als 800 Euro kostet!