R. Parker (92/100)
The 2011 Viña Pedrosa Gran Reserva also contains 10% Cabernet Sauvignon and matured in oak barrels for two years, but was sourced from older vines and from a very warm and ripe vintage. This was produced with grapes from 60-year-old vines and yields of little more than 20 hectoliters per hectare. 2011 was a very warm vintage and when they harvested on September 26th, the challenge was to keep the freshness. This is a vintage that is completely the opposite of what suits their style, yet they managed to maintain the poise, alcohol and freshness. In a year like that, in three days the alcohol can increase 0.5 degrees. They also have the advantage that all their vineyard are in a radius of five kilometers from their winery in Pedrosa de Duero, one of the highest villages in the Ribera del Duero, with vineyards reaching 900 meters altitude. Only 4,230 bottles were filled in January 2014.