Tinto Pesquera Gran Reserva 2013
The most sophisticated version of a Ribera del Duero legend
Familia Fernández Rivera is lucky enough to produce great wines in some of the best winegrowing areas of Spain, though its success originally stems from its native village of Pesquera de Duero, which is home to Tinto Pesquera, a wine that has crossed frontiers to become something of an icon. Tinto Pesquera Gran Reserva 2013 is a masterpiece that’s designed to last.
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Tinto Pesquera is one of the firms responsible for Ribera del Duero wines’ current fame and an icon of quality among Spanish wines. Tinto Pesquera Gran Reserva 2013 is a single-varietal Tempranillo that’s been aged for a long 30 months (approx.) in American oak barrels.
Tinto Pesquera was Familia Fernández Rivera’s first winery. The group started out making wines with a sixteenth-century stone press that’s still in the winery. The firm’s name is the family’s tribute to its native village: Pesquera de Duero, a place with an exceptional terroir with poor soils that bring out all the properties of the Tempranillo grape.
Tinto Pesquera Gran Reserva 2013 (D.O. Ribera del Duero) is perfect with meat dishes such as char-grilled baby lamb chops or stewed beef cheeks.
The winery
Behind this iconic winery is the Fernández Rivera family, originally from Pesquera de Duero (Valladolid). In 1975, this lineage produced the first vintage of Tinto Pesquera in a small 16th-century stone winepress: a revolutionary wine whose name refers to the town where the winery is located and the birthplace of its founders. Tinto Pesquera is considered the first luxury Ribera del Duero wine, at a time when - with the exception of Vega Sicilia - producers were focused on making claretes and very alcoholic reds of limited quality.
The success of Tinto Pesquera was decisive in the recognition of the D.O. Ribera del Duero in 1982, as well as its international projection. The winery gained worldwide fame when the guru Robert Parker awarded 98 points to Tinto Pesquera 1982, comparing it to Pétrus, one of the world's best wines. Tinto Pesquera opened new paths for winemaking with the tempranillo grape, driving a significant qualitative leap. Today, it remains a benchmark brand and the most beloved winery of the Familia Fernández Rivera group.