UNICO
In the words of Hugh Johnson, if Rioja producers Marqués de Riscal and Marqués de Murrieta are analogous to Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Mouton Rothschild, in Bordeaux then "Vega Sicilia is the Latour; but Latour of a vintage that has raisined the grapes and fried the picking crews," referencing the warmer growing conditions of Ribera del Duero. Vega Sicilia, like the best Spanish producers, ages wine for decades, until they deem it ready to drink. The winery's gran reserva bottling, Unico, is typically released ten to fifteen years after the vintage. This rare bottling accounts for less than a third of Vega Sicilia's production and is not even made in what are considered lesser vintages.
Vega Sicilia, Unico 1985
Ribera del Duero
Levels: bottom neck or better; one wine stained label
6 bottles per lot
UNICO
In the words of Hugh Johnson, if Rioja producers Marqués de Riscal and Marqués de Murrieta are analogous to Château Lafite Rothschild and Château Mouton Rothschild, in Bordeaux then "Vega Sicilia is the Latour; but Latour of a vintage that has raisined the grapes and fried the picking crews," referencing the warmer growing conditions of Ribera del Duero. Vega Sicilia, like the best Spanish producers, ages wine for decades, until they deem it ready to drink. The winery's gran reserva bottling, Unico, is typically released ten to fifteen years after the vintage. This rare bottling accounts for less than a third of Vega Sicilia's production and is not even made in what are considered lesser vintages.
Vega Sicilia, Unico 1985
Ribera del Duero
Levels: bottom neck or better; one wine stained label
6 bottles per lot
