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  • Country ranking ?

    40
  • Producer ranking ?

    8
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2030
  • Food Pairing

    Roast Duck Breast with Dried Cherry Sauc

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The Story

Of the 1,000 hectares making up the Vega Sicilia estate, 210 are used for wine growing, and there are 19 soil-types divided for management purposes into 52 plots with very specific characteristics. The influence of the flow of the river Duero and the passage of time have been vital in forming these soils.

70 of these hectares are employed to produce Unico. A unique, magical estate which, along with extraordinary management of the vineyard, ...

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Wine Information

VEGA SICILIA “UNICO” 1964 / Considering the different varieties of grape used in its composition, the most approximate percentage of each of them in this vintage is given below:

TINTO FINO: 65%
CABERNET SAUVIGNON: 20%
MERLOT, MALBEC and ALBILLO: 15%

CLIMATOLOGY;

WINTER: Cold with high pluviometry.
SUMMER: Hot. With thermal oscillation between day and night.
HARVEST: Good weather, first days in October.

HISTORY

After the alco...

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Tasting note

color

Full and Brownish

ending

Long, Smooth and Flavorful

flavors

Vanilla, Smoky, Leather, Chocolate and Dried-fruit

nose

Open, Ripe, Generous and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Concentrated, Balanced, Multi-dimensional, Full-bodied, Firm, Full, Round and Silky tannins

Verdict

Well-rounded and Sophisticated

Written Notes

Seductive with dried floral flavours and sweet spices. The aromatics and profile are more floral and sweet than many others in this decade.
A magnificient wine at its peak that is hardly showing its age

  • 98p

Dark garnet red colour. Opulent nose with excellent depth, balmy character, hints of dark blossoms, hints of dark chocolate, discreet smokiness, very elegant but also very persistent. On the palate excellent structure, fine acidity, elegant tannins, well structured with excellent length.

  • 96p

A level fill, ruby with a thin orange rim. Mature and intense nose, tar, roses, tobacco, leather, cherries, some licorice, violets, figs, truffles, you need to write a book to be able to fully try to describe it. Perfect balance, beautiful acidity, tannins more or less gone, tender, erotic almost, seductive, complex and intense and the aftertaste lasts forever. It gave me goose-bumps on the first three sips. 100

  • 100p
So flirty and seductive wine with great energy. Satiny and smooth with cacao, marzipan and smoky tones.
  • 95p
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Origin

Valbuena, Ribera el Duero

Vintage Quality

Excellent
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