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2004 Vega Sicilia Unico

JR 19.5

WE 98

WA 97

VN 96

WS 94

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RATINGS

19.5Jancis Robinson

...seductive & already complex undertow. Beautiful completeness. So beautifully balanced that it is already alluring, even if it refines & dries a bit on the finish. Really stunning – explosive! Mineral finish.

98Wine Enthusiast

Lightly baked and hinting at raisin & fine herbs... tobacco, moss... elegant and silky but also full and expansive... baked berry fruits, baking spices, herbs & cocoa finish with a light coating of toast... amazingly complete, exemplary...

97The Wine Advocate

...complex notes of tobacco, cedar wood & blackberries... power & elegance as well as perfect ripeness... nuance, detail, filigree, balance, harmony & complexity... In short, it is a great, world-class wine, a superb vintage for Unico.

96Vinous / IWC

A heady, intensely perfumed bouquet evokes ripe red and dark berries, vanilla, pipe tobacco, new leather and potpourri with a subtle mineral flourish... exotic violet and chewing tobacco... lingers with superb focus and tenacity.

94Wine Spectator

This expressive red delivers lacy notes of floral, cedar, tobacco, spice and orange peel that mingle in a lean, firm texture and linger on a long, spicy finish.

REGION

Spain, Castilla-Leon, Ribera del Duero

Ribera del Duero is, in the words of wine writer Jancis Robinson and Hugh Johnson, “the modern red wine miracle of northern Spain.” In 2012 Wine Enthusiast magazine named it the international wine region of the year. The appellation is a high, rocky plateau in north/central Spain that follows the Duero River for 60 miles before the river passes into Portugal, where it becomes the famous Douro River, then flows into the Atlantic Ocean. There are more than 60,000 vineyard acres in the appellation and only red wines are produced under appellations regulations. Low rainfall, hot days, many hours of sunlight and harsh winters produce grapes of great depth and flavor. Ribera de Duero’s reputation owes much to Vega Sicilia, a 150-year old estate known both for its excellent traditional red wines and its willingness to innovate with the times. Tempranillo, known locally as Tinto Fino, is the dominant red grape in the appellation, and it is often blended with small amounts of Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec or Merlot. The highly acclaimed Bodegas Alejandro Fernandez, world famous for its Tinto Pesquera, is also in Ribera del Duero. The appellation status was awarded in 1982.