Vega Sicilia: Unico 2016

Vega Sicilia: Unico 2016

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Tempranillo 96%, Cabernet Sauvignon 4%
rot, trocken
14,5% Vol.
Trinkreife: 2030–2066
Verpackt in: 3er OHK
voluminös & kräftig
tanninreich
seidig & aromatisch
Lobenberg: 100/100
Parker: 99/100
Jeb Dunnuck: 100/100
Galloni: 99/100
Suckling: 98/100
Tim Atkin: 98/100
Spanien, Ribera del Duero
Allergene: Sulfite,
Abfüller / Importeur: Vega Sicilia, Crna. Valladolid - Soria km 40,2, Valbuena De Duero (valladolid), SPANIEN

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Heiner Lobenberg über:
Unico 2016

100
/100

Der berühmteste Wein Spaniens, in diesem Jahr wie für mich gemacht. Hochkomplex, mit Eindrücken von reifen Früchten, aber auch mit einer tollen Eleganz: Blaubeere, Brombeere, Brennnesselsud und reifes Steinobst. Sehr viel Würze, diese ist mit den Aromen verwoben und deutet den langen Ausbau im Fass an. Diese würzige Komponente gibt dem Wein eine Strenge und seinen Fruchtaromen eine Richtung vor. Auch das Mundgefühl scheint von diesem genial straff-kühlen Tannin geprägt zu sein. Das ist ganz großes und dabei typisch spanisches Kino, diese Mischung von reifen Früchten und grenzgenialem Holzeinsatz! So toll Bordeaux auch sein kann, so gekonnt mit Holz umgehen und dabei alle Dimensionen ausloten, das können eigentlich nur die ganz großen und seltenen Rioja-Weingüter, und ganz voran Vega Sicilia. Ein grandioser Wein, mit vielen genialen Momenten, ein in sich ruhender Solitär! Vielleicht auch der größte Wein Spaniens? Aber er muss mindestens 10 Jahre das neue Holz verarbeiten!

99
/100

Parker über: Unico

The 2016 Único was perfumed and elegant, showcasing a very good vintage in the region. Winemaker Gonzalo Iturriaga started in 2015—a powerful year—and he remembers 2016 as a very balanced year, with higher yields and finer-boned wines. The winter was mild, and there was a cooler than average spring and a warm summer. September was dry, which provided healthy grapes and balanced ripening. The harvest started the 22nd of September and finished the 11th of October. The bottled wine is 96% Tinto Fino and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon with 14.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.82 and 4.8 grams of acidity. It has the old Vega perfume, intoxicating, complex and nuanced, full of personality and a very energetic palate, vibrant and fresh, not lacking power but with lots of elegance. The wine is released 10 years after the harvest, combining time in new and used American and French oak barrels and 20,000-liter oak vats, and it obviously spends plenty of time in bottle. This is a monumental vintage of Único. A total of 92,292 bottles, 3,695 magnums and some larger formats were produced. It was bottled in May 2022.

100
/100

Jeb Dunnuck über: Unico

Aged five years in oak and another five in bottle, the 2016 Unico is made from a blend of estate parcels, the blend decided after one year in barrel. The producer believes that vintages that end in the number 6 tend to be exceptional, producing its top three years since 2000. This is no exception. Plush, with underlying grip, the wine is 96% Tempranillo with 4% Cabernet Sauvignon, an explosive, full-bodied exploration of dense red fruit, tension, and intensity that’s juicy, tense, and energetic. There’s a tremendous amount of elegance and power vying for equal attention. These wines live up to every inch of hype and acclaim. It’s drinking beautifully already and should sing easily another 40-50 years.

99
/100

Galloni über: Unico

Defined by Vega Sicilia’s extended aging regime, the 2016 Único from Ribera del Duero opens with fine oak, mocha, soft vanilla and chocolate framing a core of black fruit, prune and cedar. Complex yet restrained aromatically, it already shows the clockwork precision that has long been one of the house’s defining mechanisms. On the palate, the real magic lies in the meeting of that élevage with the Duero’s delicate chalky texture, creating a polished and seamless feel. The 2016 vintage, marked by finesse and precision of flavor, finds here an elegant expression, even if the élevage still competes with the year itself in shaping the wine’s singularity. Long and persistent, with lingering notes of refined oak, this is the ABC of Ribera elegance at the highest level. Time, however, may yet tilt the balance in favor of the vintage.

98
/100

Suckling über: Unico

A beautifully poised Vega that is already approachable. Everything is in harmony, showing an almost ethereal quality in contrast to the denser 2015 vintage. There’s a hint of minerality paired with the blackberries and dark cherries. The tannins are firm yet softened. Medium to full body and a finish that lingers for a minute. Drink or hold.

98
/100

Tim Atkin über: Unico

'Great vintages in Ribera del Duero are often big production years,' says owner Pablo Álvarez and the 2016 release of Único, produced in a wetter, so-called Atlantic year illustrates his point rather well. A wine that will be ready to drink before the more structured, muscular 2015, it's a classic blend of Tempranillo and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon from different parts of the 210-hectare estate. Matured in 80% new French and 40% American oak, this has violet, sweet spice and blackcurrant leaf aromas, layers of liquorice, cassis and red berries, sweet, toasty oak, fine-boned tannins and an enticing balsamic lift.

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Vega Sicilia ist eine lebende Legende. Der Unico, Spitzenwein des Hauses, gehört schon unzählige Jahre zu den größten Weinen der Welt und ist in einem Atemzug zu nennen mit den 1er Crus aus Bordeaux und dem Grange von Penfolds zu nennen. Diese Weine sind von unerreichter Seidigkeit und Finesse und...

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