Vega Sicilia - Ribera del Duero Unico Reserva Especial 2024
Spain
Red
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Drink or Keep
100/100
Guia Penin
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98/100
Robert Parker
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97/100
James Suckling
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18,5/20
Jancis Robinson
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97/100
Tim Atkin
"Made from a blend of three sublime Unico vintages: 2010, 2011, 2012, this emblematic Vega Sicilia cuvée embodies the ancestral Spanish tradition that makes this bottle unique, and extraordinarily complex!"
" NV Único Reserva Especial 2024 has been produced from a blend of wines from 2010, 2011 and 2012, which is not too far removed from the previous version, which came from 2009, 2011 and 2012, as the company is slowly trying to increase the average age of the wine. As I've noticed in recent years, they're looking for an old-fashioned house style, combining more developed characteristics with elegance and freshness. [...] The color shows a certain evolution, with a slight orange hue around the rim. The nose is complex and elegant, a more developed version of the 2014 Único I tasted alongside, with aromas of truffle, forest floor, ripe black fruit, sweet spices, leather and meat. The palate seems utterly polished, with a superb texture, smooth and elegant, with very fine tannins, subtle bitterness and a long, lingering taste. This is a superb blending exercise. 2024-2035" (Wine Advocate 2024) - Wooden case delivery available for orders of 3 bottles of this wine (depending on country and shipping method selected).
Features
Estate
Vega Sicilia
Cuvée
Unico Reserva Especial 2024
Designation
Ribera del Duero
Region
Spain
Grape varieties
95% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo), 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
Terroirs
Plots with soils located at the contact between the slopes descending from the region and the alluvial plain, sandy-clay, vines on average 35 years old, between 700 and 900 metres altitude.
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Blend of Unico 2010, 2011 and 2012 vintages (themselves fermented at controlled temperature in wooden vats with indigenous yeast, and produced from malolactic fermentation in a wooden vat).
Breeding
From a blend of three Unico vintages, themselves aged for a total of 10 years between barrel and bottle, different stages in different types of barrels: French and American oak barrels, 225-litre barrels (new and used), 20,000-litre barrels... each batch determines the type of wood and permanence in each container (6 years in wood), followed by a further 4 years aging in bottle.
Alcohol content
14 %
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Brilliant ruby-red color, slightly coppery highlights at the edge of the disk.
Nose
Elegant, highly complex, revealing scents of ripe black fruit, white truffle, undergrowth, cedar and cut grass, with subtle notes of cocoa beans.
Mouth
Supple and racy attack, sublime smooth and silky texture, fine but firm tannins, readable and layered structure, this wine is complete and complex: flavours echo the nose, and the aromatic persistence seems endless on the palate.
Serve
AT 18°C
Open
2 hours before
Drink from
2024
Drink before
2040+
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with strips of grilled Wagyu beef, thin slices of Bellota Iberian ham, or on its own to grasp all its subtleties...
Vega Sicilia
Ribera del Duero
Expert opinion
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Wine rated (guide 2024) 98/100 (Exceptional)
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the wine:
The NV Único Reserva Especial 2024 has been produced from a blend of wines from 2010, 2011 and 2012, which is not too far removed from the previous version, which came from 2009, 2011 and 2012, as the company is slowly trying to increase the average age of the wine. As I've noticed in recent years, they're looking for an old-fashioned house style, combining more developed characteristics with elegance and freshness. This blend of Tinto Fino and a little Cabernet Sauvignon is also lower in alcohol, 14%, with a pH of 3.85 and 5.1 grams of acidity. The color shows some evolution, with a slight orange tinge around the rim. The nose is complex and elegant, a more developed version of the 2014 Único I tasted alongside, with aromas of truffle, forest floor, ripe black fruits, sweet spices, leather and meat. The palate seems utterly polished, with a superb texture, smooth and elegant, with very fine tannins, subtle bitterness and a long, lingering taste. This is a superb blending exercise. 2024-2035
Jancis Robinson
Wine rated (2020 guide) 18.5/20
About the wine:
Very complete in everything it does, open in the aromas, while highlighting the fruit. I like its freshness, which gives it depth. It's a bouquet-driven wine, with dry herbs and lots of cedar wood, but it leaves no stone unturned; it's complete. On the palate, it has a dark-fruit personality and a silky texture. A wine that will evolve, as it is less rich in tertiary aromas than the average. A wine to invest in, without a doubt. 2020-2040
James Suckling
Wine rated (guide 2023) 97/100
About the wine:
Dried rose petals, sandalwood, cloves, balsamico, leather and dried flowers. Black fruits. Medium to full body. Tight and structured, with a racy, intense finish. Tight at the end. A blend of 2010, 2011 and 2012 Unico. Then ten years aging in wood and four years in bottle. Bottled in June 2019. For drinking or cellaring.
Tim Atkin
Rated 97/100
Guia Penin
Wine rated (guide 2023) 100/100
About the wine:
Cherry color, not very intense, garnet edges, elegant bouquet, fine reduction, spicy, black fruits, fine Havana cocoa, complex mouth, long, fine tannins, fine bitterness.
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