1979 Portugal

From a single parcel of vines, La Faraona is the best Mencia on the market. The nose is beautiful with heady violets, lavender, crushed rocks and forest floor. Alongside the abundance of aromatics, this has fleshy, ripe fruit flavours and captivating smoky oak notes from the 600-litre barrels. The minerality keeps everything fresh and pure but a powerful structure suggests this will be a long lived one. This has such a long finish, showing all the details and layers you expect in exceptional wine.
Laura Atkinson - Private Account Manager

This charming 12 hectare estate is located in the Pontevedra estuary, just to the north of Vigo. An archetype of modish Albariño this has been fermented in stainless steel, with four months lees stirring to add depth and texture. Classic aromas of candied lemon quince and honeysuckle are follow by a palate with pleasing weight, orchard fruit notes and a hint of white pepper on the finish.
Simon Field MW - Wine Buyer

The nose is aromatic, expressive and open, quite perfumed and subtle, with no traces of oak (the wine now ages in used barriques); even the spices are very much in the background. The Pingus vineyards behaved quite well in a difficult vintage, as great vineyards are a lot more homogeneous, so the vines are very balanced: the two vineyards used for Pingus, San Cristobal and Barroso, were planted in 1929 with two different massale selections. The palate is also approachable and gentle, with very good acidity and very fine tannins, elegance and character. I think there will be very few (or none!) wines in Ribera in 2013 like this Pingus. Well done!
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate #22, Oct 2015