Informations complémentaires

Couleur : grenat dense.

Nez : grande intensité, complexe, raisins secs, pruneaux, pain aux figues, gâteaux aux noix, sucre candi, notes de cannelle, baies rouges, arômes de grenadine et genièvre.

Bouche : plein et élégant, structure tannique douce, cerises noires bien mûres, notes balsamiques et une finale qui dure plusieurs minutes.

Degrès d'alcool : 14.0%

Vinification : 15 ans en barriques et fûts de chêne, suivi de 10 ans en bouteilles

Plats : Vin de fêtes et de plaisir, mets raffinés, viandes rouges nobles, gibier à poils ou à plumes, fromages très corsés.

Durée de garde : 50 ans et >

Robert Parker : 97 : extraordinaire

Robert Parker :

"Finally, the 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico has been released. It has long been reputed to be one of the all time greats from Spain's most renowned and expensive producer. Just how good is it? I do not think those readers who have the financial means to afford the wine will be disappointed with what's in the bottle. I have always believed the 1968 (which has just been released in magnum) is the most concentrated and potentially profound Vega Sicilia yet produced. The 1970 falls just a notch below the 1968 in terms of pure extraction. It surpasses the 1968 in its exceptional perfume and seductive, gorgeously-textured, voluptuous, and sexy style. The color is a healthy dark ruby. The nose offers up smashingly intense aromas of lavishly-oaked, but gorgeously pure black-cherries and currants. The wine is full-bodied, and nearly sweet tasting because of the fruit's exceptional ripeness. Expansive and deep, with the wood, tannin, and acidity nearly masked by the sheer quantity of fruit, the 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico is a velvety-textured, seamless, rich, profound wine that is more approachable than the 1968, yet, along with that legendary wine, remarkably fresh and youthful. It is astonishing that a twenty-five year old wine could look, smell, and taste so young, yet also be so complex. No one knows how Vega Sicilia achieves such brilliance, but the proof is in the bottle."