"A gorgeous, complex nose with creamy spices, cedar, fresh blackberries, red plums, truffles and hints of walnut and mocha. A medium- to full-bodied wine with multidimensional, stone-tight tannins that line the palate, penetrating from entry to finish with a final thud. Give it three years or more to assert itself." (James Suckling 2022) - Delivery in wooden case possible for orders of 6 bottles of this wine (depending on country and shipping method selected)
Features
Estate
Vega Sicilia
Cuvée
Macan
Vintage
2018
Designation
Rioja
Region
Spain
Grape varieties
100% Tempranillo
Terroirs
Vines averaging 40 years old, magnificent plots located at 500m altitude, terraced on gravelly and clay-limestone soils, Álava region.
Viticulture
Traditional and meticulous
Harvest
Manual
Winemaking
Malolactic partly in oak barrels, the rest in vats
Breeding
15 months in French oak barrels
Alcohol content
14%
Tasting & pairing
Eye
Ruby-red colour, shiny disk
Nose
Elegant and harmonious; intense scents of ripe black fruit: blackcurrant, plum, blackberry, complexified by tertiary notes.
Mouth
Great depth, excellent tannic structure, with a lot of complexity: the black fruits of the nose are added to flavors of vanilla, freshly ground coffee and dried Mediterranean herbs, ending with a long, slightly graphite finish.
Serve
AT 16-18°C
Open
1 to 2 hours before
Drink from
2024
Drink before
2032
Food and wine pairing
Enjoy with cooked chorizo and roasted potatoes, lamb ragout with cumin, thin slices of mature Iberian ham...
Vega Sicilia
Rioja
Expert opinion
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate
Rated (guide 2023) 94+/100 (Wonderful wine)
Domaine noté Recommended (Wine producer recommended by Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate)
About the wine:
Macán 2018 has moderate alcohol (14%) and more freshness (pH 3.69), reflecting a cooler, rainier year that forced them to refine the sorting and selection of grapes, which were fermented with selected yeasts. Ageing took place in barriques (55%) and larger foudres for 16 months. 2018 was quite different from 2019, as it was cooler and rainier. The wine is serious and harmonious, which was a challenge, and winemaker Gonzalo Iturriaga told me they had to be very careful and sort and select the grapes. It's textured and elegant, a style that follows the path of 2016; it's elegant but with depth, better managing the ageing in foudre, which was a learning process they started in 2016. 2023-2030
James Suckling
Rated wine (guide 2022) 95/100
About the wine:
A gorgeous, complex nose with creamy spices, cedar, fresh blackberries, red plums, truffles and hints of walnut and mocha. A medium- to full-bodied wine with multidimensional, stone-tight tannins that line the palate, penetrating from entry to finish with a final thud. Give it three years or more to assert itself. Drink from 2025.
Guia Penin
Rated wine (guide 2022) 96/100
About the wine:
Taut, balanced style, intense cherry color, aromas of ripe fruit, dried herbs, creamy oak, red fruit, chalk, mineral, powerful palate, ripe fruit, spicy, ripe tannins.
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