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Wine Description
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, ...
Wine Information
1990 Vintage
TINTO FINO: 80%
CABERNET SAUVIGNON: 20%
This wine was sold in 75 cl bottles from 2000 and 2001. In the Magnum size, they shall be sold in 2004, and in 2005 for the Double Magnum size.
109,548 Bordeaux bottles, 2,653 Magnum and 150 Double magnum,
After alcoholic fermentation in wooden and stainless steel vats, malolactic fermentation takes place in large 18,000 to 20,000 litre wooden vats over 2 years, followed by 18 m...