Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5°2018 i trækasse

“95+ points. This is a very spicy vintage for Valbuena, getting closer to the style of Único” – Robert Parker

”96 points. Deep and complex, with fresh black and blue fruit and an attractive floral and peppery note to this vintage, followed by hints of cedar, sweet spice and vanilla.” – James Suckling

“4,7 stjerner” – Vivino

Vidunderlige ”Valbuena” fra Vega Sicilia med 96 points fra Robert Parker!

Det er næsten synd at bruge betegnelsen ”2. vin” om Vega Sicilias ”Valbuena”, der i sig selv er et mesterværk ligesom topvinen ”Unico”. Det interessante er, at den 2018 er tæt på ”Unico”-stilen med sid uforlignelige finesserigdom og fadkrydderier, der kommer fra en lang modning først på små barriques og sidenhen på store 21.000 liters træfade.

Vega Sicilia er en af Spaniens og verdens mest legendariske vinhuse og er indbegrebet af finesse, historie og håndværk. Dens historie strækker sig helt tilbage til 1864, da Eloy Lecanda y Chaves grundlagde vingården i Ribera del Duero. Han plantede de første vinstokke med franske druesorter, som han havde medbragt, og lagde dermed fundamentet for, hvad der skulle blive en af verdens mest anerkendte vine.

Hvor topvinen ”Unico” indeholder Cabernet Sauvignon bliver ”Valbuenas” Tempranillo-frugt suppleret med Merlot. En mageløs vin, der ikke kun scorer højt hos Robert Parker og James Suckling. På Vivino er den en af verdens bedst ratede vine med gigantiske 4,7 stjerner. MÅ opleves!

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Anmeldelser af Vega Sicilia Ribera del Duero “Valbuena” 2018

96/100 James Suckling
“Deep and complex, with fresh black and blue fruit and an attractive floral and peppery note to this vintage, followed by hints of cedar, sweet spice and vanilla. Very dusty and juicy on the palate, with mealy, powdery tannins that interweave with the fruit. A Valbuena 5 that you can appreciate earlier.”

95+/100 Robert Parker
“The 2018 Valbuena comes from a cooler vintage with good yields that required sorting and selecting in search of a happy and vertical version of Valbuena, pushing a little more and giving the wine a little more oak, especially American (5%). It was produced with 96% Tinto Fino and 4% Merlot that went through a three- to four-day cold soak and fermented with indigenous yeasts followed by malolactic in stainless steel. The élevage was in new and used 225-liter oak barrels and 21,000-liter oak vats. It has 14.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.8 and 4.78 grams of acidity (tartaric), so it's ripe and with mellow acidity that gives it a mellow mouthfeel. This is a very spicy vintage for Valbuena, getting closer to the style of Único (while at the same time I felt the 2018 Pintia from Toro was getting closer to the aromatics of some vintages of Valbuena, like 2010). It was a late-ripening year with a tendency toward freshness in the wines. The palate is medium to full-bodied, with very fine tannins that made the wine nicely textured and very elegant. There is a lot of regularity in the Valbuena of the last few years, here with more tension and freshness of the 2017, a little more balsamic even.”

94/100 Wine Spectator
“A harmonious red, displaying flavors of black plum reduction and wild strawberry fruit, with fragrant Earl Grey, cedar, cocoa powder and loamy earth notes in a graceful, medium- to full-bodied frame. Well-structured but supple, with the generous profile gliding across the silky palate through to the finish of fine-grained tannins and fragrant spices. Tinto Fino and Merlot.”

4,7 Vivino (1455 bedømmelser – set 27/03 2024)

Vega Sicilia Valbuena 2018 er fremstillet på 94 % Tempranillo og suppleret med 6 % af Pomerol-druen Merlot. Alle druerne håndhøstes fra nogle af Vega Sicilias ”yngre” vinstokke fra starten af 1980’erne, der står plantet ca. 700-900 meter over havets overflade. I kælderen bliver ”Valbuena” modnet i sammenlagt 5 år på fad og flaske. Den første del af modningen sker på små barriques, 75% fransk eg og 25% amerikansk eg. 2. år lagres vinen i store 21.000 liters egetræstanke inden den aftappes på flaske og lagres yderligere.