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Antídoto
If it weren’t for a young French
winemaker, Bertrand Sourdais,
Soria might still be unknown.
Bertrand first brought Soria to
light with his award-winning
Atauta, a village with cooler
temperatures than the rest of
Ribera and an abundance of sand
that has kept Phylloxera away for
the past 150 years, leaving most
vines ungrafted. When Atauta RIBERA DEL DUERO
was sold in 2009, Bertrand D.O. Ribera del Duero is located in Castilla y León, roughly 2 hours north of Madrid. When it
created Antídoto, Spanish for
‘antidote’ - Ribera’s great achieved D.O. status in 1982, there were only 9 wineries and most wine was sold in bulk. Today
bargain. it is home to 270 wineries and many of Spain’s most noteworthy wines. Tempranillo, known lo-
cally as ‘Tinto Fino’ makes up 95% of the region’s plantings. The region is divided by its name-
sake, the River Duero, and the sheltering effects of the Sierra de la Demanda and Sierra de Gua-
darrama mountain ranges creates an extreme climate of dry, hot summers followed by long, harsh
Marqués de Velilla winters.
Established in 1985 by the
Segovian family. The year of 1989
brought the purchase of
the Monte Villalobón estate
outside the small village of La
Horra in central Ribera del
Duero and in 1996 the move to Bodegas Antídoto
the Estate became permanent. 370 rarewineco.com
acres with 9 distinctive terroirs Antídoto Rosado Ribera del Duero Roselito 2019 $143.90
make up Marques de Velilla.
Antídoto Ribera del Duero Soria 2018 $227.90 92JS

Bodega Matarromera
Matarromera is rooted in
Valbuena de Duero, birthplace of
Tempranillo in the Ribera del
Duero. Founded in 1988 on the
flank of hill that faces the midday Marqués de Velilla table31imports.com
sun, the serene Douro River can
be seen from the winery itself. Marqués de Velilla Ribera del Duero 2018 $155.90
This welcoming winery is the
perfect place to produce aged
wines in its semi-buried
warehouses. The first Bodega
Matarromera vintage won the
Gold Medal at the International
Wine Competition.
Matarromera
table31imports.com
Matarromera Ribera del Duero Crianza 2016 (6pk) $203.90
Dominio de Pingus
Pingus is one of the very few
Spanish wines that has joined the
ranks of the world’s most coveted
wines Pingus has a quality that is
often lacking in today’s “modern”
wines—a sense of utter
individuality. Pingus is the Dominio de Pingus rarewineco.com
childhood nickname of its Dominio de Pingus Ribera del Duero Flor de Pingus 2017
visionary Danish winemaker $804.00 94-95JS
Peter Sisseck. Peter’s first wine Dominio de Pingus Ribera del Duero 2015 (6pk) $4140.00 97JS, 99RP
received 96-100 points from Dominio de Pingus Ribera del Duero 2016 (6pk) $4554.00
Robert Parker after the 1996 em
primeur tastings, and the rest is
history.

Ψ PSI
PSI is a ‘neo-coop’ venture Ψ PSI by Peter Sisseck rarewineco.com
between many of the best
independent grape growers in Dominio de Pingus Ribera del Duero Ψ PSI 2017 $335.90 94JS, 92-93RP
Ribera del Duero and is overseen
by Peter himself.

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