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• Henman Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 22, 2024 - At Rare wine dinner (Muru). Slightly funk and cooked vegetables on the nose. Medium bodied, supple, delivering red tart berries with funky notes and a hint of coffee with smooth tannins. Felt quite developed already.

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• robmatic wrote: 95 points

  December 17, 2023 - In a great place right now. Too bad I'm down to my last three cases of this.

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• Cailles wrote: 95 points

  September 11, 2023 - Vega Sicilia Unico Vertical: 10x Vega Sicilia Unico (1985-2006). 7 vintages of Gran Reserva, 3x Reserva Especial. A few conclusions: A) The quality was high in all bottles. Increased complexity and precision, a fine structural framework with silky tannins, pronounced acidity and very good balance. B) The family resemblance across all bottles is high. Unico has a strong and unique DNA with the freshness and tension of a good Bordeaux combined with the softness and silkiness of Tempranillo and a unique flavor profile with lots of fresh blueberries, garrigue, bacon and gentle coffee notes. C) Maturity was well controlled, even in hot years. No hint of over-ripeness. D) The wines are meant to age and certainly need almost 20 years before reaching a first drinking window. The 30 year old bottles seemed young and only the 40 year old ones showed tertiary aromas. E) The quality was high across the board with no weak bottles, but the best wines were the tertiary 1985 (96pts), 1986 (97pts) and 1987 (95pts). The 2006 (95pts) is very promising.
  
  TN: Expressive, intense from the first sniff through the palate into the long finish. Fresh blue and blackberries, herbs, earthy notes and fresh coffee beans. Fine structure with melted tannins, good freshness and an airy texturez superb.
  
  Decanting: A quick double decant, then the wine rested back in the bottle without cork for roughly five to six hours. This seemed fine.

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• FEDEVIDAL Likes this wine: 96 points

  February 3, 2023 - Se decantó un poco más de una hora.
  Color picota oscuro de capa media-alta. Nos da un aroma vivo con cerezas, higos, ciruelas, evolucionando a regaliz y monte umbrío. La boca es excelente y maravillosa, suave, aterciopelada, con una acidez absolutamente viva, expresión frutal apimentada, matizada por elementos terrosos. Final largo.
  
  Un vino maravilloso para no olvidar

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• joshabramson Likes this wine: 95 points

  December 17, 2022 - Extremely fresh and vibrant! Powerful, dark and spicy, with very punchy acidity. Tasting blind I might have guessed northern Rhone syrah here. Admittedly I don’t have a ton of experience with these wines, and when I’ve opened them they’ve usually been too young to be particularly interesting. This bottle demands a bit of air, still so youthful and spry, but also seems to just be starting to hit its stride. Very cool!

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1987
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Vega-Sicilia
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Único
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Ribera del Duero
• UPC Codes 097985152435, 8411509191007, 8436014241795, 8436014243287

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• In Cellars 718 (75%)
• Consumed 240 (25%)

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