1975 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único
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95 Points
Thursday, July 9, 2015 - Decanted 2 1/2 hrs prior to the meal. Surprisingly little sediment with a crystal clear dark ruby color. Initial leather and dark fruit softening with a bold, yet remarkably fine finish. I did not experience the astringency others have commented on until the final few sips easily another hour into the meal. After 40 years, 22 of them in my personal cellar, this wine still had the power and vigor one expects with subtle and delicate secondary and tertiary flavors which one hopes for. I suspect this vintage has at least another 10 good years.
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Comment posted by Bandreas:
7/10/2015 1:15:00 PM - appreciated your comment, J-CV. I have a few bottles of this one in the cellar myself and it's good to get a progress report once in a while…
That the wine has so little sediment in the bottle is owed to the fact that it spent the first five/six years of its life in barrel. This is when most of the sediment forms; so when they finally bottle it there is not so much to develop in the bottle anymore..