Classification | |
Type | Rouge |
Marque | Vega Sicilia |
Millésime | 1966 |
Pays | Espagne |
Région | Ribera del Duero |
Raisin | Tempranillo |
Volume | |
État | Base goulot |
Étiquette | Tres bien |
Stock | 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.