Classification | Cru Classe |
Type | Red |
Brand | Vega Sicilia |
Vintage | 1966 |
Country | Spain |
Region | Ribera del Duero |
Grape | Tempranillo |
Volume | 0,75 |
Condition | Base of neck |
Label | Very Good |
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.