Vega Sicilia Único 2014
5,270.27 SEK (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Bodegas Vega Sicilia
Ribera del Duero
Last 5 bottles. Immediate shipment
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2014 Único was produced with grapes from 40 hectares of vines selected from the 210 hectares the winery has. The grapes were picked between September 20th and October 3rd, and the blend was 94% Tinto Fino and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. It fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts, with malolactic in stainless steel. The first part of the aging was in 225-liter barrels and the second one in 20,000-liter oak vats, and the élevage lasts 10 years between oak and bottle. It's a year that combines power and elegance; it's concentrated but has subtleness. I had a unique opportunity to taste it from magnum one year ago and was truly impressed. This tasting was consistent with those sensations. 2014 was a good vintage in the zone, a year with good rain and a big crop, not as powerful as 2012 or 2015 but a year with finesse. The wine feels very balanced, lower in alcohol and with integrated oak, crunchy, fresh and still young. It feels quite classical; it's fine-boned, elegant but also powerful, more like the Únicos from yesteryear. It has to be one of the finest vintages of recent times. It has 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.85 and five grams of acidity measured in tartaric acid per liter of wine. One of the largest vintages of Único, 104,606 bottles, 3,612 magnums, 356 double magnums, 50 imperials and five Salmanazars were produced. It was bottled in June 2020. It seems like years ending in four—94, 2004, 2014 (but not 84, that was not produced)—are very good here. We'll have to wait and see about the 2024...
Features
Type of wine
Style
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Winery
Size
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Region
Appellation
Alcohol
14.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 16ºC and 18ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 7 years in new and used French and American oak barrels.
Description
Vega Sicilia Único is a red wine made exclusively from Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon grape varieties by the Vega Sicilia winery under the D.O. Ribera del Duero appellation.
The grapes used come from old vines with an average age of up to 35 years planted in an area of 210 hectares, of which 40 are used for the production of this wine.
This vineyard is located between 700 and 900 metres above sea level on different soils.
Winemaking
The grapes are harvested by hand and transported in 12 kg boxes with a double selection of clusters, in the vineyard and in the winery. After maceration and fermentation, this red wine is aged for a minimum of 10 months in new and used 225-litre French and American oak barrels and 22,000-litre vats.
Taste
Vega Sicilia Único is a red wine with fruity aromas, mineral touches and spicy notes. In the mouth it is an elegant red wine, spicy, with ripe tannins, good levels of acidity and a long finish.
A fine red wine, full of nuances and complexity.
Vega Sicilia Único is undoubtedly a unique wine and one of the great Spanish classics that generates the utmost respect with a great capacity to keep in bottle for a long time.
Its personality is due not only to the maximum quality of the grapes but also to the love of detail that the Álvarez family has been able to transfer to its wines.
In the gastronomic field, this wine is especially recommended for business lunches or dinners with friends, gifts and will perfectly accompany big and small game dishes, red meats, roasts, stews or roast lamb.
And you, do you dare to try it, it will undoubtedly become one of your favourites!
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