Vega Sicilia Unico DO 2013
€449.00*
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Available, delivery time 2-3 working days
Vega Sicilia Unico is probably the most famous red wine in Spain. Also in the 2013 vintage a revelation and a testimony to the unmistakable terroir, the outstanding quality of the grapes and, last but not least, the highest, internationally rarely achieved internationally.
The Vega Sicilia Unico 2013 combines phenomenally complex notes of wild berries in its bouquet (blackberries, blackcurrants, blueberries) with a wonderful spiciness. wonderful spiciness. Notes of tobacco, precious wood and subtle mint enrich the bouquet. enrich the bouquet. US wine critic James Suckling awarded this Unico 98 points. Suckling awarded this Unico. He recognizes "notes of incense, iron, black tea tea, cigar box, blackberry and blue fruit".
Also on the palate, this composition of 97% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) and 3% Cabernet-Sauvignon Cabernet Sauvignon is maximally impressive. "2013 is a subtle, elegant, fresh, vertical, complex, silky and well-defined vintage, vintage," say the makers of Bodegas Vega Sicilia themselves. Sicilia themselves. "This wine is a true paradox, pleasant to drink now now, but timeless if you leave it to mature in the bottle."
Also Luis Gutiérrez is also impressed. In Robert Parker's Wine Advocate he awards 97 points for the iconic Spanish wine. "It is aromatic and floral, less dense than the 2012, more subtle, more expressive and more elegant. It is clear and fresh, delicious, with very fine tannins. A great surprise for the vintage and one of the best Únicos of of recent years." Suckling formulates: "Almost ethereal. A fresh delivery of the rainy vintage with impeccable freshness and balance. balance."
The dry cult wine from the Ribera del Duero the Ribera del Duero region combines fruitiness and the use of wood in a harmony that is rarely found anywhere else in the world. The Unico matures for at least 10 years in a maturing process between wood and bottle. "The wine matured in a first phase in 225-liter barrels and then in 22,000-liter oak barrels until bottling in June 2019," explains Gutiérrez. French and American oak was used for this used.
The Unico 2013 is already a real treat, but has a storage potential of 40 to 60 years. If you are lucky enough to open a bottle of this wine rarity (Spain's best red wine?), we recommend a drinking temperature of 18 degrees.
3% Cabernet Sauvignon
Extrarradio Diseminados 69
47359 Valbuena de Duero
Spanien