Pintia Toro 2018

Wine Advocate : 95+ Points

(1/31/2023) The 2018 Pintia comes from a cooler and wetter vintage when the grapes were picked between September 20th and October 7th, and it fermented in their new fermentation room where they feel they can be more precise. The wine still has 15% alcohol, with a pH of 3.82 and 4.6 grams of acidity. It had a shorter élevage this year and matured for 10 months in French and 18% American oak barrels, 81% of them new. The nose is very expressive, with bright cherry fruit, and the wine is fresher than the norm in the region, with integrated alcohol and oak, reflecting a very cool year, floral and perfumed. The palate is medium-bodied and reveals very fine and elegant tannins. This has to be one of the finest vintages of Pintia. 251,512 bottles, 14,144 half-bottles, 6,543 magnums and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in April 2020. Drink Date: 2023 - 2029.

Wine Enthusiast : 94 Points

(5/1/2025) A slightly oxidized nose opens up to well-knit fruit and earth. Lithe, fresh and silky, but truly complicated as well. What's most astonishing is how sleek the palate is–everything seems to be right in place. Delicious today but with plenty of room to grow, this absolutely deserves to be in the astute collector's cellar.