Tinto Pesquera Reserva2020
RED WINE
- Producer Tinto Pesquera
- Blend 100% Tempranillo
- Country Spain
- Region Castilla Y Leon
- Appellation Ribera del Duero
- UPC 877397004986
Reviews
James Suckling 92
A spicy and flavorful red that shows blackberry fruit, black cherries, nutmeg and sweet walnuts on the nose. It's full-bodied and well framed with tight-knit tannins. Compact. Drink from 2025.
by CN, James Suckling , 2024
Vinous Media 92
The 2020 Tinto Pesquera Reserva comes from Pesquera del Duero and was aged for 16 months in American oak. Ripe cherry and sour cherry aromas lead on the nose, while the palate shows a classic Ribera profile with vanilla and coconut from the oak. Dry and smooth, with polished tannins, it offers grip and juicy freshness in a clean, traditional style. Well executed and true to type.
by JH, Vinous Media , 2025
Wine Spectator 92
A fresh red, with the tang of plum skin–infused acidity layered with a dark core of blackberry confit, warm fig, herbed olive and mocha. Tightly meshed, integrating firm, sleek tannins that emerge on the minerally finish.
by AN, Wine Spectator , 2025
Technical Details
Estate
The Fernández Rivera family has always lived surrounded by vineyards and each member has a deep respect, love and pride for the wine from their native soil, Ribera del Duero. From the moment a young and determined Alejandro Fernández and Esperanza Rivera bought a small winery, the family has been linked to a lifelong passion passed through the generations. Propelled by the conviction that wines of superb quality could once again be made in their hometown, they went against the movement of the time, when cereal and beetroot dominated the landscape, and planted Tempranillo vineyards in Pesquera de Duero. In 1972, in a modest 16th century stone llagar, or ancient wine press, the family began to produce the first Tinto Pesquera wines.Tinto Pesquera’s 200 hectares of vineyards sit near the Duero River, in the province of Valladolid, at close to 2,400 feet in elevation. The vines grow in poor, well-drained soils, composed of sand and gravel over a limestone and clay subsoil. This ideal combination produces the legendary silky and sumptuous Tempranillo wines of Tinto Pesquera iconic to the D.O. Ribera del Duero., the designation that Alejandro helped to create in 1982 with another few fellow pioneers.
At Tinto Pesquera, the Fernández Rivera family is focused exclusively on creating aged Tempranillo wines of exceptional quality from their estate-owned vineyards. With extended barrel aging in neutral oak, forever respectful to the fruit, over time Tinto Pesquera’s wines become more complex and nuanced without losing their original character. Years of experience working solely with Tempranillo and a firm commitment to time, waiting to release wines only when they are deemed ready to be enjoyed, have made Tinto Pesquera synonymous with fine wine from Ribera del Duero.