Bodegas Ribera del Pelayo ★ 4.3
A small Burgos-province estate in Hoyales de Roa producing single-vineyard Tinto Fino wines from old vines on the Roa de Duero plateau, known to local specialists for its terroir-driven, restrained style.
An estate near Peñafiel producing the Museum Real Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva alongside the Museum Collection range, with an underground cellar museum that gives the winery its name.
Address: Carretera de Valbuena km 4, 47316 Peñafiel, Valladolid, Spain, Ribera del Duero
A small Burgos-province estate in Hoyales de Roa producing single-vineyard Tinto Fino wines from old vines on the Roa de Duero plateau, known to local specialists for its terroir-driven, restrained style.
The Ribera del Duero estate founded in 1864, producing Unico after a minimum of ten years' ageing and the Valbuena 5 degree as an earlier-release sibling.
Tasting: Visits strictly by appointment; contact the estate directly.
The second estate of the Vega Sicilia group, founded in 1991, producing a 100% Tinto Fino wine aged in French oak with a modern, approachable style relative to its famous sibling Unico.
Tasting: Visits by appointment through the Vega Sicilia group.
Peter Sisseck's cult estate in La Horra, producing Pingus from a single old-vine parcel and the more accessible Flor de Pingus and PSI from older purchased fruit across the appellation.
Alejandro Fernandez's estate that brought global attention to Ribera del Duero in the 1980s, producing Tinto Pesquera Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva and the prestige Janus label from old Tinto Fino vines.
Tasting: Visits and tastings by prior arrangement at the estate.
Founded in 1999 at Quintanilla de Arriba by former Vega Sicilia winemaker Mariano García and Javier Zaccagnini, producing single-vineyard PS and the Aalto flagship from old Tinto Fino vines.
Tasting: Visits by appointment.