Vega Sicilia Valbuena 75cl 2018

95% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo), 5% Merlot

Vega Sicilia Valbuena is de tweede wijn van Bodega Vega Sicilia uit Ribera del Duero

Vega Sicilia is beroemd om het unieke karakter, de superieure houtlagering en de zeer lange houdbaarheid van haar wijnen. De Valbuena is afkomstig van jongere wijnstokken dan de Unico en heeft 36 maanden gerijpt op Frans- en Amerikaans eiken. Complexe wijn met aroma's van rijp rood fruit, cacao, tabak, mooie tannines en lange, volle afdronk.

Heerlijk bij hert, lamsvlees en rood vlees. Goed op dronk, maar kan zich tenminste tot 2030 nog verder ontwikkelen. Decanteren voor consumptie, serveren op 18ºC.

Drink Date: 2023 - 2032

The Wine Advocate:

"The 2018 Valbuena comes from a cooler vintage with good yields that required sorting and selecting in search of a happy and vertical version of Valbuena, pushing a little more and giving the wine a little more oak, especially American (5%). It was produced with 96% Tinto Fino and 4% Merlot that went through a three- to four-day cold soak and fermented with indigenous yeasts followed by malolactic in stainless steel. The élevage was in new and used 225-liter oak barrels and 21,000-liter oak vats. It has 14.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.8 and 4.78 grams of acidity (tartaric), so it's ripe and with mellow acidity that gives it a mellow mouthfeel. This is a very spicy vintage for Valbuena, getting closer to the style of Único (while at the same time I felt the 2018 Pintia from Toro was getting closer to the aromatics of some vintages of Valbuena, like 2010). It was a late-ripening year with a tendency toward freshness in the wines. The palate is medium to full-bodied, with very fine tannins that made the wine nicely textured and very elegant. There is a lot of regularity in the Valbuena of the last few years, here with more tension and freshness of the 2017, a little more balsamic even. "