Valbuena 5º Año 2020
168.20₣ (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Spain
Bodegas Vega Sicilia
Ribera del Duero
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Valbuena is from a year marked by COVID-19 and lots of rain before the harvest, which resulted in a more ethereal wine, with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.9 and 4.45 grams of acidity. It was produced with 97% Tinto Fino and 3% Merlot, cooled down for 24 hours and then fermented with indigenous yeasts from a pied de cuve in stainless steel. It matured in barrel and oak vats during the first year, and in the second one, it aged exclusively in oak vats of different sizes, 8,500 and 21,000 liters. In 2020, the wine is finer-boned, it's more fluid, it's only medium-bodied, perhaps because of the dilution from the rain, and the tannins are fine-grained and polished, but there's less juiciness in the wine. It calls for food. With time in the glass, the wine opens up and becomes more aromatic, and it even seems to gain juiciness and change texture. This is a production of 186,286 bottles, 5,673 magnums and some larger formats. It was bottled in May 2023.
Features
Type of wine
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Country
Region
Appellation
Alcohol
14.5%
Grapes
Serving
Between 16ºC and 18ºC
Winemaking
Aged for 30 months in new French and American oak barrels.
Description
Valbuena 5º is a red wine made exclusively with the Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) and Merlot grape varieties by Bodega Vega Sicilia 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 only some are used for the production of this wine.
This vineyard is located between 700 and 900 metres above sea level on clay-limestone soils, with brownish zones and a part alluvial.
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 5 years.
The first year of ageing is in French and American oak barrels and is particularly important, as the aim is to build up the wine, working on its structure and density. The second year of ageing takes place in large wooden vats and in this phase elegance, complexity, tension and subtlety are obtained.
Taste
Valbuena 5º is a red wine with fruity aromas and spicy notes. In the mouth it is a powerful red wine, spicy, with sensations of ripe fruit and sweet tannins.
A red wine of long ageing and complexity.
Valbuena 5º is undoubtedly a wine characterised by its great complexity of aromas, expressiveness, harmony and smoothness.
Its personality is due not only to the top quality of the grapes and cultivation but also to a long and complex ageing process.
In the gastronomic field, this is a wine that will perfectly accompany big and small game dishes, red meats, roasts, stews or roast lamb.
And you, have you tried this magnificent wine? Tell us what you think!
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