Bodegas Vega Sicilia - Ribera del Duero Valbuena 5° 2020 (750ml)
Price: $289.99
| Producer | Bodegas Vega Sicilia |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y León |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 206079 |
| Size | 750ml |
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Bodegas Vega Sicilia Description
Out of the nearly 1,000 hectares that make up the Vega Sicilia estate, 210 are used to grow vines. Our vines are in soils with very specific features, where the influence of the flow of the River Duero and the passing of time has been essential. Vines having been grown on the Vega Sicilia estate for over hundred years, which makes it possible to obtain a specific plant matter and genetic make-up. All this, together with the extremely careful and respectful handling of the vines and of the environment, makes it possible to produce unique vines.
The vine is the cornerstone for Vega Sicilia of its winemaking. Everything begins with the vine and that is what establishes the qualities and specific features of the wines that will be, subsequently, ratified here in the winery. Valbuena 5º is Vega Sicilia's purest red wine expression. Its ageing, five years in oak and bottle, gives the wine its name: Valbuena 5º.
Tasting Note: Valbuena 5º 2020 is a more ethereal, elegant and subtle expression. Delicate, but also rich and profound. A real pleasure.
Vinous: 95 Points
The 2020 Valbuena 5° is Tinta del País from Ribera del Duero. Balsamic and herbal aromas mingle with forest, red fruit, cherry, violet and a hint of apple peel on the nose. The palate is intense, with a velvety texture, moderate concentration and enveloping flow. Chalky tannins and a touch of creaminess define the structure. Ample and richly flavored, with subtle oak in the background. A fine example of elegant Ribera.
Wine Advocate: 95 Points
The 2020 Valbuena is from a year marked by COVID-19 and lots of rain before the harvest, which resulted in a more ethereal wine, with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.9 and 4.45 grams of acidity. It was produced with 97% Tinto Fino and 3% Merlot, cooled down for 24 hours and then fermented with indigenous yeasts from a pied de cuve in stainless steel. It matured in barrel and oak vats during the first year, and in the second one, it aged exclusively in oak vats of different sizes, 8,500 and 21,000 liters. In 2020, the wine is finer-boned, more fluid and only medium-bodied, perhaps because of the dilution from the rain; the tannins are fine-grained and polished, but there's less juiciness in the wine. It calls for food. With time in the glass, the wine opens up and becomes more aromatic, and it even seems to gain juiciness and change texture.
This is a production of 186,286 bottles, 5,673 magnums and some larger formats.
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