Vega Sicilia Unico 75cl 2012

Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) , Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec.

Vega Sicilia Unico is een topwijn uit Ribera del Duero

Vega Sicilia Unico is een complexe, zeer geconcentreerde, donkergekleurde wijn met aroma's van rijpe bessen, kersen, bramen, cederhout, tabak, mineralen en cacao. De wijn heeft stevige, maar rijpe tannines en een lange en intense afdronk.

Een uitstekende combinatie met rood vlees, wild en harde kazen. Is op dronk, maar kan zich tenminste tot 2035 nog verder ontwikkelen.

The Wine Advocate:

"The 2012 Único is released 10 years after the harvest. They produced it with the grapes from 40 of the 210 hectares of vineyards they have, with a total of 55 separate plots and 19 different soils. It's mostly 95% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that are cooled down for 24 hours and then fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation was in stainless steel and the aging in 225-liter oak barrels and 20,000-liter oak vats for a long time as this was bottled in June 2018. 2012 is a concentrated year, warm and dry with some rain at the end of September that helped the end of the ripening process of healthy grapes with lots of color and ripe tannins. The wine has a ripe nose, with intoxicating notes of black fruit, fresh meat and blood, a spicy touch from the American oak and an earthy twist. It's a voluptuous and decadent vintage for Vega Sicilia, for those that favor years like 2006, a bit atypical, or 1999. The wine finished with 14.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.88 and 5.1 grams of acidity (tartaric)."

Luis Gutiérrez, Dec. 2021