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Protos - Tinto Fino2023

RED WINE

PUBLIC
October 2025
Prices and availability subject to confirmation
Protos - Tinto Fino label
  • Producer Protos
  • Blend 100% Tempranillo
  • Country Spain
  • Region Castilla Y Leon
  • Appellation Ribera del Duero
  • UPC 0 15643 50963 6

Reviews

Vinous Media 91

The 2023 Tinto Fino Protos is 100% Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero and was aged for up to eight months in oak. Aromatically intense, it offers bright fruit, plum, underbrush, noticeable oak and a hint of rosehip. The palate is creamy, with fine tannins and juicy flow, finishing with a lightly herbal touch. Textbook Ribera with a modern wink.

by JH, Vinous Media , 2025

James Suckling 90

Lightly spiced plums, dark cherries and touches of graphite and black pepper on the nose. Good, pristine fruit with powerful but dusty tannins on the palate. Medium- to full-bodied with a vertical, medium-length finish.

by ZS, James Suckling , 2025

Technical Details

Estate

Originally known as the Cooperatia de Pañafiel in the year 1927, the Bodegas Protos winery was the first winery of the Ribera del Duero. This project started with the union of some of the best Spanish winemakers at the time and through their grand efforts and perseverance for each wine vintage, they became one of the best wineries of Spain. The name “Protos” comes from Greek to mean “first.” This name brings back the fact that they were the first winery of Peñafiel, Spain, founding the winemaking of the Ribera.

Tasting notes

Ruby in color with a purple hue. Black fruit aromas, well balances with the oak, bringing sweet spicy and nice toasty notes. Good structure taste. Tasty, sweet, well balanced, with pleasant smooth tannins and toasty reminders on the finish.

Vinification

12 months in (60%) French and (40%) American oak barrels. Both processes, the fermentation and maceration, were carried out in stainless steel vats at 28 degrees Celsius to obtain color and structure.