Klassifiziering | Cru Classe |
Typ | Rotwein |
Marke | Vega Sicilia |
Jahrgang | 1966 |
Land | Spanien |
Region | Ribera del Duero |
Traube | Tempranillo |
Inhalt | 0,75 |
Zustand | Base of neck |
Label | Sehr gut |
Vorrat | 0 |
The most Burgundian (that's great Burgundy, by the way) wine of the tasting, the 1966 Unico Reserva exhibits a huge, fragrant, penetrating bouquet of sweet, jammy, black-cherry fruit, cedar, smoke, and earth. The saturated, dark ruby color reveals a hint of amber at the edge. Full-bodied, succulent, and velvety, this gorgeously-proportioned, decadently-styled Vega Sicilia is fully mature, yet its balance, freshness, and thrilling level of flavor extraction suggest it should easily glide through 15-20 more years. If readers have the financial means to drink one fully mature vintage of Vega Sicilia's Unico Riserva, it should be the 1966 or 1953.