Ribera del Duero - Pruno, Finca Villacreces

The juicy and fruit-driven 2023 Pruno was produced with 94% Tempranillo, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Merlot from different parts of their vineyards that were planted between 1975 and 2001. It fermented in stainless steel with yeasts they have isolated and some neutral ones and matured for 12 months in 225- and 500-liter barrels, 20% of them new. It has contained ripeness and good freshness and balance, and it's clean and juicy, with fine and polished tannins - Luis Gutierrez

As I've often heard and seen in this vintage, the result of the 2022 Pruno has been much better than expected after a torrid summer and an early harvest. The wine keeps its balance and poise, its fruit-driven personality and the approachability from previous years. It has contained ripeness, 14.05% alcohol, clean aromas and a juicy and velvety texture. Highly drinkable. It's a blend of 94% Tinto Fino, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon and 1% Merlot. - Luis Gutiérrez

The heady and grapey 2021 Pruno has seen the Cabernet Sauvignon reduced to 6% of the bottled blend, and it's a powerful and ripe Ribera with 14.3% alcohol and good freshness that makes it come through as juicy and fine-boned, with chalky tannins. There are abundant notes of prunes and very ripe black fruit here. - Luis Gutierrez

The 2021 Pruno is a blend of Tempranillo with a 5% dash of Cabernet Sauvignon from Quintanilla de Onésimo, aged for 12 months in oak barrels. Garnet-red with a purplish sheen. The fruit-forward aromas feature plum and cherry along with herbal and oaky layers. The palate is broad and indulgent with reactive, juicy tannins. This is a mild but rewarding Ribera del Duero red. - Joaquin Hidalgo

Seriøs vin til pengene; frugten dyb og fuldmoden, men samtidig rank og grøntkrydret. Et fascinerende miks, der giver spændstighed og nerve. Masser af kølig frugtsyre, og tanninerne er let viltre, men helheden forbavsende elegant. Giv den mere tid. - Morten Bundgaard

Always a good value in Ribera and cropped from a fresher year, the 2016 Pruno has notes of licorice, dark berries and even some fresher red fruit. It has abundant, fine-grained tannins that require powerful food. - Luis Gutierrez

Super fyldig Ribera del Duero fra Vega Sicilia nabo. Animalske toner i næsen og voluminøs mund med godt tanninbid og markant vaniljepræg og subtile toner af peber, kakao og lakrids i den lange intensive eftersmag. Lækker sag.

The just-bottled 2015 Pruno is a young, fruit-driven and straightforward blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon from young and older vines in their 63-hectare organically-farmed estate, located around the winery by the river Duero. 2015 was a very warm year and the wine is ripe without excess, juicy and tasty, with a minty and chocolate touch perhaps from the one year it spent in oak barrels. No less than 395,000 bottles and 2,015 magnums were produced in 2015, so this should be readily available, and as always represents a good value in Ribera del Duero. - Luis Gutiérrez

Først barsk, tør, bidsk og pågående, men med 10-12 timers tålmodighed bliver den blank, fattet, afklaret og venlig og får flere og flere fine nauncer med modne blommer. Så den begynder bidsk, men ender som en dejlig, tør og potent madvin. - Henrik Oldenburg

En stor og flot rødvin, der i smagen rummer en hel krydderihylde. Den er koncentreret og har noter af lakrids i eftersmagen. Plask den gerne over i en karaffel et par timer før servering. Vinen kan drikkes nu, men kan også gemmes i rigtig mange år.

I’ve loved this wine in the past and the 2013, a blend of 90% Tempranillo and 10% Cabernet Sauvignon aged 12 months in French oak, is stunning, simply over-delivering in so many different ways. This wine, which offers up copious quantities, of blueberry, black raspberry and black currant fruit, licorice, graphite and meaty notes, offers fabulous aromatics, medium to full-bodied mouthfeel, beautiful, pure texture and a long, heady finish with subtle oak. What’s amazing is the French oak is all two-year-old, super-expensive Darnajou barrels. - Robert Parker

Pruno er lillebror i porteføljen. Vingårdens topvin bærer samme navn, Finca Villacreces, men det er Pruno, som tager kegler. Efter mine smagsbegreber er det ikke bare et bedre køb, men også en bedre vin. Balancen er linedanseragtig. Mælkesyrepræget og frisk ren næse med jordbærduft, kakao og den typisk grenede tannin, vi finder i tempranillo fra det vindhærgede højtliggende Ribera del Duero med syr som i en rød grap. Enkel, ligefrem og frugtig, slank ribera med særdeles præsent tannin, og den er moden, men teagtig. Storebroderen fremstår mere pumpet og poleret, også en fin vin, men den har slet ikke Prunos cancan og flamenco