Dominio Del Aguila - Picaro Tinto Ribera Del Duero 2018 (750ml)
Price: $33.00
| Producer | Dominio Del Aguila |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Ribera Del Duero |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Sku | 1634191 |
| Size | 750ml |
Dominio del Águila was founded by Jorge Monzón and Isabel Rodero in 2010. Located in the village of La Aguilera Jorge farms 30 hectares of vines organically with ongoing experiments with biodynamics. Like his neighbors he relies primarily on the Tempranillo grape for his wines. At Dominio del Águila there is no Cabernet Sauvignon no Merlot and certainly no Malbec or Petit Verdot instead Jorge relies on Bobal Garnacha Tempranillo Gris and Albillo to add complexity to his wines. The vineyards are all over fifty years in age and located on sandy and rocky clay soils. Jorge has acquired these plots over the last decade while working at Bodegas Arzuaga-Navarro which he departed in 2013 to work full time at his own estate.
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Wine Advocate: 94 Points
I tasted two vintages of the entry-level red of which the young 2018 Pcaro del guila Tinto had just been bottled and should be released soon. This is their most approachable red and it has the depth concentration and nuance of the best wines from many wineries. It's produced in a more jovial style but the wine comes from old vines that always have a field blend with small percentages of whatever grapes that are all fermented together and these vines always produce a serious and deep wine. In 2018 it matured in French oak barrels for 11 months. This is very young and tender expressive and aromatic very much in line with the 2016. It has lots of energy and power more than you might think and it's serious. It's drinkable now but it should get even better with some time in bottle. 44680 bottles and 787 magnums were filled in September 2019.
