Description

El Puntido est une des références majeures de la Rioja : il peut se targuer à chaque millésime d’une réputation prestigieuse en Espagne aussi bien qu’à l’international. Marcos Eguren le décrit comme « La minéralité pure du Tempranillo, issue d’une zone limite pour la culture de la vigne ».

Fiche technique

Le domaine
Viñedos de Páganos
Type de vin
Red
Millésime
2012
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Cépage
100% Tempranillo
Origine
Rioja

L'avis des experts

The Wine Advocate:

"The 2011 El Puntido is pure Tempranillo from a single vineyard (their highest-altitude vineyard) in the village of Páganos in the Rioja Alavesa. The fermentation is traditional with destemmed grapes in stainless steel with yeasts from the vineyard. The wine matured in new French oak barrels for 16 months. The nose is quite smoky, ripe and showy with some hints of iodine (call it mineral if you want). There is a specific strain of non-Saccharomyces yeasts in El Puntido vineyard (also present in La Nieta) that lowers the pH and gives the wines an extra dimension of freshness that compensates the early, warm growing season. This Puntido needs some more time to render its tannins in bottle. 48,000 bottles produced".