This muscular red offers savory flavors of tobacco, earth and game with a core of plum fruit and bitter chocolate. A rugged structure appears under the polished texture.
2011 Vintage Scores:
The 2011 Flor de Pingus demonstrates wonderful purity on the nose, perhaps more feminine and wily than the 2010 with luscious raspberry, blackberry and forest floor notes. The palate is full-bodied with filigree tannins and a little more volume than the 2010. It seems generous and very supple at this early juncture with a caressing, peppery finish that is extremely well focused. There 2011 has awesome potential and I cannot wait to taste this after two or three years in bottle.
The Wine Advocate: 93-95 pts