Dominio de Pingus is a Spanish winery located in Quintanilla de Onésimo in Valladolid province with vineyards in La Horra area of the Ribera del Duero region. The estate's flagship wine, Pingus, is considered a "cult wine", sold at extremely high prices while remaining very inaccessible,[1][2] and commands an average price of $811 per bottle.[3]
The winery also produces a second wine, Flor de Pingus, and a special cuvée, Ribera del Duero "Amelia". Recently, Dominio de Pingus has founded a joint project with local grape producers to make an old vine tempranillo called "PSI".
Dominio de Pingus was established in 1995 by Danish oenologist Peter Sisseck, also manager of the Pesquera de Duero estate Hacienda Monasterio.[4] On the estate's winemaking philosophies, Sisseck has stated, "The vines in my plots are very old. They have never been fertilised nor treated with pesticides and all grow following the traditional en vaso system. They are perfect."[4]
About the first 1995 vintage of Pingus, Robert Parker declared, "One of the greatest and most exciting wines I have ever tasted".[5] With a very limited first vintage production, only 325 cases were made with prices initially set at US$200 per bottle, it became yet more scarce when in November 1997 the ship transporting a U.S. bound shipment of 75 cases disappeared somewhere off the Azores in the North Atlantic Ocean.[6] The shipwreck resulted in a dramatic reaction in the US market, with prices soon rising to $495 per bottle.[5][6]
At the Ronda WineCreator conference of April 2008, Sisseck was angered by suggestions by Decanter editor Guy Woodward that some winemakers make wines to suit the palates of certain critics. In response he called Woodward's remarks arrogant for implying winemakers do not have their own opinions, adding, "I don't even think it is possible to do this."[7]
In 2007 it was announced that the Spanish government had approved plans to expand highway roads through the vineyards of Dominio de Pingus and other wineries, which was met with strong opposition by Sisseck who called it a "vengeful measure".[8]
Planted with very old vines of Tinto Fino, i.e. Tempranillo, the vineyards are 2.5 hectares (6.2 acres) in Barrosso with vines exceeding 65 years and 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres) in San Cristobal with vines older than 70 years, and the unusually low average yield of 12 hL per hectare. Since 2000, the viticulture has been biodynamic. Of the annual production of Pingus there is typically less than 500 cases, though in poor vintages no Pingus is made.
The production of the second wine Flor de Pingus, also 100% Tempranillo, is made with fruit from rented vineyards in the La Horra zone, with vines older than 35 years. Since the 2005 vintage, the viticulture has been biodynamic. The annual production is on average 4,000 cases.
Additionally there has been the single barrel cuvée, Ribera del Duero "Amelia", made from a vineyard parcel of 100+ year old vines with an average yield of 10 hL per hectare, with biodynamic viticulture since its initial 2003 vintage. The 2005 vintage had a production of 25 cases.
"PSI" is a joint project based on fruit produced by local grape growers from old tempranillo vines. The goal is to help grape producers and save old vines. Project was founded in 2006, first vintage was 2007. Grape growers are encouraged to employ biodynamic or organic vineyard management practices. The wine is made by Peter Sisseck and Pablo Rubio and sold under producer name Bodegas y Viñedos Alnardo. Vinification takes place in large concrete vats and aging in concrete and wooden tanks and oak barrels. Production of PSI 2009 was 9,600 cases, PSI 2010 was 16,600 cases.
Palma de Mallorca5 (oficialmente, Palma)678 es una ciudad y municipio español, capital de la isla de Mallorca y de la comunidad autónoma de las Islas Baleares. Es además sede del partido judicial número tres de la provincia y de la diócesis de Mallorca. Está ubicada en la parte occidental del mar Mediterráneo y, dentro de la isla, hacia el suroeste. Se encuentra a unos 250 km al este de la península ibérica.
Su término municipal ocupa una extensión de 208,63 km² que se extienden entre la sierra de Na Burguesa y el Prado de Sant Jordi. Se sitúa en el centro de la bahía de Palma, a unos 13 metros de altura sobre el nivel del mar. La atraviesan varios torrentes, como el la Riera y el de Gros.
Con 416 065 habitantes en enero de 2019, Palma es la octava mayor ciudad de España por población y la primera de las Islas Baleares.9 Su área metropolitana engloba nueve localidades con 560 240 habitantes, repartidos en una superficie de 1015,88 km², siendo la 14.ª de España.10
Fue fundada con el nombre de Palma por el cónsul romano Quinto Cecilio Metelo Baleárico en el año 123 a. C. Se estima que su asentamiento actual corresponde con las ruinas romanas que se encuentran bajo su casco histórico, aunque aún no existen pruebas irrefutables.1112 Después de estar en manos de los vándalos y los árabes en 903, fue conquistada por el rey Jaime I de Aragón el 31 de diciembre de 1229,13 convirtiéndose en la Ciutat de Mallorca, capital de su propio reino, que decayó tras su incorporación a la Corona de Aragón en 1279.
En 1715 entraron en vigor los Decretos de Nueva Planta, recuperando la ciudad su topónimo romano, Palma. Poco después, ya en el siglo xx, fue protagonista de la explosión de un intenso auge turístico que la usó como destino vacacional durante las décadas de 1960 y 1970. En la actualidad constituye un notable centro económico y cultural a nivel insular y autonómico.