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Vega Sicilia Pintia Toro 2018 is rich and polished, with aromas of blackberry, black cherry, violet, and spice. Full-bodied yet refined, it offers fine tannins, dark fruit depth, subtle oak, and a long, elegant finish.
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Alcohol by volume: 15 %
Variety: Tinta de Toro (a thick-skinned clone of Tempranillo)
Average age of vineyard: 34 years
Altitude: 700 m
Harvest: Hand-picked in 12 kg crates from 20 September to 7 October
Bottled: June 2019
The Duero river wends its way to Portugal — where it becomes the Douro — through the region of Toro. This is home to Pintia, a relatively recent project for the owners of Vega Sicilia, the Alvarez family. Most of Vega Sicilia’s vines in Toro are on their own roots, because the destructive pest phylloxera has not invaded much of the sandy soil in this region. Thus many of the vines are 50 years old, which gives concentration to the Tempranillo wine.
The searing heat of the region also adds weight, as well as posing the winemakers’ greatest challenge. Drawing elegance and freshness from the ripe crop is a skill of the Vega Sicilia team, which produced the first vintage of Pintia in 2001. Subsequent vintages are marvellous examples of Tempranillo with full-throated flavour.
