Putting my nose in the glass of the 2007 El Puntido Gran Reserva transported me to the classical Riojas from yesteryear. The wine has a fully developed nose with all the textbook descriptors of a good aged Rioja―forest floor, cigar ash, cold bonfire, truffle, cherries in liqueur, blonde tobacco, spices and iodine. But this is a classical Gran Reserva that has something that was not that traditional, and it comes from a single vineyard and matured in brand new French oak barrels for 28 months. But time in bottle has polished it (it was bottled in June 2010, almost nine years ago); the tannins are mostly resolved and it's nicely textured. It has what I love about the best red wine― it's salty rather than sweet, there is no room for sweetness here, and it's sapid and tasty and has great balance and freshness. This is developing at a very slow pace and should continue doing so for a very long time. A great Gran Reserva in the making. Only 5,000 bottles were produced from 2007, a very cold vintage, when the grapes were harvested the last three days of October, and it snowed the first of November! 2019 - 2032
のみを生み出すワイナリーです。パガノスが所有する畑は全部で約27ha。以前はここで採れる葡萄も
同じリオハのシエラ・カンタブリアのワインとして醸造されておりましたが、この畑のポテンシャルに
気付いたマルコス・エグレンが2001ヴィンテージよりクリュ・ワインとしてリリースしました。
ワイナリーは6年の歳月をかけて石灰岩の岩盤を掘り、2004年に完成。現在はオフィス機能も
このパガノスに集約され、エグレン家の主幹となっております。パガノスの畑はそのワイナリー
(石灰岩)の真上に位置し石灰岩の層に根を伸ばしミネラル分を吸収します。エグレン家が
手掛けるアマンシオ等と比べると果実味の主張はやや控えめで、ミネラルや酸の硬質なニュアンス
が表現されたエレガントなワインに仕上がっております。代々自然を観察し、月の満ち欠けなど
自然に合わせた栽培、テロワールに忠実にという哲学を受け継ぎ代々栽培・醸造を行っており、
2006年からはビオディナミで栽培しております。
2007El Puntido Gran ReservaThe Wine Advocate 96
Putting my nose in the glass of the 2007 El Puntido Gran Reserva transported me to the
classical Riojas from yesteryear. The wine has a fully developed nose with all the textbook
descriptors of a good aged Rioja―forest floor, cigar ash, cold bonfire, truffle, cherries in liqueur,
blonde tobacco, spices and iodine. But this is a classical Gran Reserva that has something that
was not that traditional, and it comes from a single vineyard and matured in brand new French
oak barrels for 28 months. But time in bottle has polished it
(it was bottled in June 2010, almost nine years ago);
the tannins are mostly resolved and it's nicely textured. It has what I love about the best red wine―
it's salty rather than sweet, there is no room for sweetness here, and it's sapid and tasty and has
great balance and freshness. This is developing at a very slow pace and should continue
doing so for a very long time. A great Gran Reserva in the making. Only 5,000 bottles were
produced from 2007, a very cold vintage, when the grapes were harvested the last three days
of October, and it snowed the first of November! 2019 - 2032