"Wow!" - That is a statement that we hear a lot with the wines of Abadia Retuerta. Abadia Retuerta has become a household name for many in a short time. This large winery is the result of a Swiss investment (Novartus) in Spanish land whose vineyards and cellars are laid out and furnished with French genius (Pascal Delbeck from Saint Emilion). Not just Spanish land, but ideally located slopes overlooking the most famous winery in Spain: Vegas Sicilia. The Swiss were lucky enough to have a lawyer who was as intelligent as he was crazy about wine, who in turn was very close to Pascal Delbeck. He got Delbeck to take on the role of technical architect, winemaker and visionary during the start-up period.

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The Petit Verdot Pago wine is the most exclusive wine from Abadia Retuerta. The wine is only made in the good years. No wine was made in 2013 because the grapes did not reach optimum maturity in that cooler year. Volume 2014 was a perfect year in the Duero and this is also testified by the high ratings for this Petit verdot of 93 Parker points and 95 Penin points. The 2014 volume is the longest growing cycle ever of the Petit Verdot at Abadia and only 6 October have been harvested.

The Petit Verdot comes from a single vineyard (1 plot) located at an altitude of 790 meters on a limestone / clay soil. The grapes are fermented with native yeasts for 12 days. The wine has had an 18 month upbringing on new oak. in the glass the wine is dark and concentrated and exuberant, despite the short maceration time, because the grape with this beautiful growing cycle no longer needs. The Abadía Retuerta Petit Verdot PV is for lovers of robust, complex wine. The spicy taste is accompanied by dried fruit, some leather, mint, black pepper, mocha and nutmeg. An almost unprecedentedly beautiful aftertaste. The wine has firm fine-grained tannins and is one of the nicest Petit Verdot ever made by Abadia (according to Parker, it is the best). This is a wine for a winter stew or to enjoy on a cold day by the fireplace.

The Abadía Retuerta Pago Negralada 2014 and Petit Verdot 2014 , received a score of 98/100 points from the Spanish magazine Club de Gourmets (the guide for the top restaurants).

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