Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia
Unico Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend
Ribera del Duero, Castilla y León, Spain
Deep fruit. Plum and tobacco. Soft and rounded. Gorgeous velvety texture and really long. This is in great shape still.
Deep fruit. Plum and tobacco. Soft and rounded. Gorgeous velvety texture and really long. This is in great shape still.
Nov 16th, 2022A flat-out stunning nose. Plum, black cherry, a hint of menthol, pine needles, graphite, earth, very smooth and rounded on the palate. Harmonious. Cool and focused with iron and hints if tobacco. Still quite young but definitely at a sweet spot right now, and probably for much longer
A flat-out stunning nose. Plum, black cherry, a hint of menthol, pine needles, graphite, earth, very smooth and rounded on the palate. Harmonious. Cool and focused with iron and hints if tobacco. Still quite young but definitely at a sweet spot right now, and probably for much longer
Oct 31st, 2022
From a nice old-looking bottle with a fill into the neck. Reddish tawny color. Bright fruit-forward nose. Notes of red fruit, spice, red flowers, mint and some moist forest earth. Great aromatics. Decent fruit remaining with nicely integrated tannins and great, balanced structure. This improved over the evening... quiet at first (despite 4+ hours of decanter time), but showed its stuff later on.
From a nice old-looking bottle with a fill into the neck. Reddish tawny color. Bright fruit-forward nose. Notes of red fruit, spice, red flowers, mint and some moist forest earth. Great aromatics. Decent fruit remaining with nicely integrated tannins and great, balanced structure. This improved over the evening... quiet at first (despite 4+ hours of decanter time), but showed its stuff later on.
Jul 31st, 2022Dark plum. Violets. Supple and delicious. Intense and gorgeous
Dark plum. Violets. Supple and delicious. Intense and gorgeous
Jun 24th, 2022Cherry and light sweet floral. Oak and intensity. Wonderful
Cherry and light sweet floral. Oak and intensity. Wonderful
Jun 24th, 2022Cool and intense. Dark plum, spice, blood, iodine. Great balance. Delicious
Cool and intense. Dark plum, spice, blood, iodine. Great balance. Delicious
Jun 24th, 2022Very poised. Deep blue fruit with some strawberry and a plum undertow. Still young
Very poised. Deep blue fruit with some strawberry and a plum undertow. Still young
Jun 2nd, 2022Gorgeously pure. Damson, plum, blood, leather, garrigue. Light and clear. Awesome.
Gorgeously pure. Damson, plum, blood, leather, garrigue. Light and clear. Awesome.
Jun 2nd, 2022
I know I committed infanticide but I wanted to share a special bottle with a favorite cousin who never has an opportunity to drink a wine like this . A powerful , and complex nose of blueberries, florals, and red fruit. On the palate the wine was constantly changing and continuously putting weight on. Deep and concentrated flavors of  plums, chocolate , tobacco and licorice that suppressed the wine’s tannic structure. 
I know I committed infanticide but I wanted to share a special bottle with a favorite cousin who never has an opportunity to drink a wine like this . A powerful , and complex nose of blueberries, florals, and red fruit. On the palate the wine was constantly changing and continuously putting weight on. Deep and concentrated flavors of  plums, chocolate , tobacco and licorice that suppressed the wine’s tannic structure. 
May 18th, 2022
After 90 minutes in the decanter, 04 Unico really comes alive and shows itself to be in a great spot, continuing to improve over the course of the night. A complex and layered bouquet of warm baked fruit, oak spice, saddle leather, mocha and dark chocolate waft from the glass. It’s elegant and seductive while at the same time powerful and intense. An incredible balance between the two. It expands on the palate with the silkiest of textures, soft tannins and a finish that goes on and on. A fantastic bottle with a stellar future.
After 90 minutes in the decanter, 04 Unico really comes alive and shows itself to be in a great spot, continuing to improve over the course of the night. A complex and layered bouquet of warm baked fruit, oak spice, saddle leather, mocha and dark chocolate waft from the glass. It’s elegant and seductive while at the same time powerful and intense. An incredible balance between the two. It expands on the palate with the silkiest of textures, soft tannins and a finish that goes on and on. A fantastic bottle with a stellar future.
Mar 5th, 2022