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Ribera del Duero Producers Flashcards

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What event exploded Unico onto the world stage?

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The 1929 Barcelona World’s Fair

  • 1917 and 1918 vintages
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Who founded Vega Sicilia?; in what year?

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  • Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves
  • 1864
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Name three vintages in which Vega Sicilia did not release Único.

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  • 1988
  • 1992
  • 1993
  • 1997
  • 2001
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How long does Único age?; Valbuena 5o?

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  • Único
    • Ages at least 10 years
      • 1-2 yrs in 50/50 French and American oak
        • All new on the French, 1-4 yo on the American
      • Then. 5+ years in large old oak, then 3-4 years in bottle
  • Valbuena 5o
    • Ages 3 years
      • mixed oak, and 2 in bottle
      • 5o refers to the number of years in barrel
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Vega Sicilia

‘Riserva Especial’

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Vega Sicilia Riserva Especial

  • Their top offering (15,000 bottles released per year [vs 40,000+ of Único])
  • Non-vintage blend of 2 to 3 vintages of Único
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When did Vega Sicilia add 8,000 L tanks to the winery?

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2010

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How did Vega Sicilia break down the vineyard by age of vine?; what is the trellising?

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  • 20-25 year old vines for Valbuena
  • 60-65 year old vines for Unico
  • No fruit is used until the vine is at least 10 years old
  • Vineyard is 80% Tempranillo, trained en vaso, plus Bordelais varieties trained en espalier
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What other wineries are owned by Vega Sicilia?

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  • Alion (Ribera del Duero)
  • Pintia (Toro)
  • Oremus (Tokaji)
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Which grapes were originally brought back by Chaves, but no longer exist at Vega Sicilia?

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  • Carmenere
  • Pinot Noir
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What was Valbuena 3o?

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  • reserva level wine w/ 3 total years of aging
  • discontinued in 1988 to reduce confusion
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Where is Atauta?; how large is it?; what is special about the vines?

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  • Soria, in the town of Atauta
  • Dominio de Atauta owns 15 ha, but control 40 ha, spread over 600 plots
  • 90% of the entire acreage is ungrafted, and average age is over 60 years old
  • Replanting by layering
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Atauta Single Vineyards

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  • La Mala
  • Llanos del Almendro
  • Valdegatiles
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Where is Sastre?

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Burgos

  • in the village of La Horra
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Sastre: Wines

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  • Tinto Crianza Rosado Flavus - Jaén, stainless, in collaboration with Gerardo Mendez of Do Ferreiro
  • Pago de Santa Cruz - 900 M elevation single vineyard, 18 mos new Americn oak; also produced as Gran Reserva, 30 mos in old oak
  • Pesus - 80 yo vines, 100% new french for 24 mos, 85% Tempranillo, plus Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Verdot
  • Regina Vides - 100 yo Tempranillo vines, 24 mos in new French oak
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Pingus

owner and winemaker

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Peter Sisseck

  • 1993, arrived in Spain to manage a new project, Hacienda Monasterio
  • While planting and developing Monasterio, he began to dream about the old vines he saw dotted around Ribera del Duero
  • 1995, Peter found a group of old vines that spurred him to embark on his own project, “Pingus,” after his childhood nickname
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What are Sisseck’s wines?

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  • Pingus - 80-100 yo vines, 50% new French, driven by elegance and concentration rather than power, first vintage 1995
  • Flor de Pingus - different vineyards than Pingus, 60-70% new French, fermentation in stainless, meant to be consumed younger)
  • PSI
17
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When was Emilio Moro founded?; when did wine production begin at the estate?

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Emilio Moro

  • est. 1932, with the planting of the Finca Resalso vineyard
  • Winemaking began in 1988
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Emilio Moro: Wines

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  • Finca Resalso - entry level, named for the original estate vineyard
  • Emilio Moro - flagship, 50/50 French/American
  • Malleolus - 25-75 yo vines, new French
  • Malleolus Valsderramiro - single vineyard, planted 1924
  • Malleolus Pago de Sanchomartin - single vineyard, planted 1964
19
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What is Clon de la Familia?

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Clon de la Familia

  • Limited edition wine produced by Emilio Moro to benefit Wine Helps Water
  • 2009 vintage
20
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When, where, and by whom was Tinto Pesquera founded?

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  • 1972
  • Alejandro Fernandez in Pesquera
  • Norh of Peñafiel in Valladolid
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What are Fernandez’s other estates?

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  • Condado de Haza - Ribera del Duero, 1980s
  • Dehesa la Granja - Zamora, 1998
  • El Vinculo - La Mancha, 1999
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Vega Sicilia History / Único

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  • Founded by Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves; in 1864 planted Bordeaux varietals and—curiously—a little Pinot Noir alongside Tinto del País (Tempranillo) in order to make brandy
  • 1929, following an ownership change and a transition to estate-bottled table wines, new winemaker Domingo Txomin achieved international acclaim at the Barcelona World’s Fair with his 1917 and 1918 vintages of Único
  • Único, blended from Tinto del País, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot and aged, often for a decade or more in American and French oak barrels, has long commanded extravagantly high prices, even as a simple vino de mesa—Ribera del Duero did not achieve DO status until 1982
23
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What is Vega Sicilia’s Toro offshoot?

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Bodegas Pintia

24
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Pingus

vineyard information

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  • Soils: Limestone-rich clay and gravel
  • Zone: La Horra
  • Harvested by hand
  • Vineyards:
    • Barrosso: 2.5 ha, > 65 yrs
    • San Cristobal: 1.5 ha >70 yrs
25
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Pingus

winemaking

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  • No fining or filtration
  • Minimal rackings
  • 100% destemming
  • Biodynamic since 2000
  • ‘Amelia’: 2003 inaugural vintage
  • ‘Flor’: 2005 inaugural vintage
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Pingus

‘Amelia’

Ribera del Duero

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‘Amelia’

  • Single barrel cuvée made from a special parcel of 100+ yo vines
  • 100% Tempranillo
  • Avg Yield: appx 10 hl/ha
  • Aging: 18 mo in 1 Darnajou barrique
  • Avg Prod: 25 cases
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Pingus

‘Flor de Pingus’

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Flor de Pingus

  • Rented vnyds (35+ yo vines), all from La Horra zone
  • 100% Tempranillo
  • Avg Yield: 20-25 hl/ha
  • Oak Aging: 14 mo in mix of old and new barrique Avg Prod: 3,000cases
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Pingus

  • Yield
  • Aging
  • Avg Prod
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Pingus

  • 100% Tempranillo
  • Avg Yield: app 12 hl/ha
  • Aging: 18 mo in mix of old and new barrique
  • Avg Production: appx 300 cases
29
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Burgos

Producers

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mostly W to E (Casa Mono)

  • Pago de Los Capellanos
  • Viña Sastre
  • Goyo Garcia Viadero (Bod. Valduero)
  • Finca Torremilanos
  • Pingus, ‘PSI’, ‘Flor de Pingus’ (winery in Valladolid)
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Producer near Peñafiel (Valladolid)

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  • Alíon
  • Dehesa de Los Canónigos
  • Hacienda Monasterio
  • Matarromera
  • Emilio Moro
  • Pesquera
  • Conde de San Cristóbal
  • Legaris

mostly W to E, Atlas

31
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Valladolid

Producers

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W to E, Casa Mono

Valbuena de Duero

  • Pingus winery
  • Vega Sicilia, ‘Valbuena’, ‘Unico’, ‘Unico Artist’s Label 1.5L’
  • Finca Villacreces ‘Nebro’
  • Hacienda Monasterio
  • Emilio Moro
  • Pesquera, ‘Condado de Haza’
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Soria

Producers

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Dominio de Atauta

  • ‘Parada de Atauta’
  • ‘La Mala’
  • ‘Valdegatiles’
  • ‘Llanos del Almendro’

Casa Mono

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