2020 Pingus Ψ Psi, Ribera del Duero, Spain

Peter has sought out the best independent vineyard growers and is incentivizing them to improve viticultural practices. The result is a "give back" to the region wine that also expresses the "soul" of Ribera. Composed of 100% Tempranillo, much of it old vine, this wine opens with notes of dried lemon rind and blueberries with sliced mushrooms on the nose. Bark too. Medium to full-bodied with firm tannins that are rather minerally and salty in nature. Crushed stone and powerful in the texture. A little rustic but real. Old vine characters abound.