What it pairs with
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Whole roasted Castilian lamb
Only the grandest regional dishes are a worthy match for this wine's scale and intensity. -
Wild game with dark berry sauce
Earthy game and the wine's mineral depth create a profound pairing. -
Aged Manchego Viejo with truffle
Concentrated cheese and truffle earthiness match the wine's mineral concentration.
History
Pesus was first produced in 1997 from the Sastre brothers' finest old-vine Tinto Fino plots at La Horra. In tiny production and released years after the harvest, it quickly attracted a cult following among Burgos-sector collectors.
- 1997 — First vintage of Pesus produced from old Tinto Fino vines at La Horra
Facts
- Producer
- Bodegas Hermanos Sastre
- Grapes
- Tinto Fino (100%)
- Classification
- DO Ribera del Duero
- Oak
- 22 months in new French oak barriques
- ABV
- 14.5%
- Price
- €150-300 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10-30 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1997