Acker Vega Sicilia dinner with Pablo Álvarez (Asador Bastian): 53/66/70. Domaine library bottle, where only ~100 bottles remain. Original cork is in pristine condition. Hauntingly and astonishingly young. Fresh red and blue fruits are laced with well-integrated herbs and wood spice. Precise, lingering finish even gains intensity/weight with time. Wow.
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Perhaps the best Unico ever made. Opened for Hezi's 70th. This was utterly amazing, fill to near top shoulder and a very crumbly cork, true for both Hezi and the bottle (lol) This showed a crazy dark fruit perfumed nose with unbelievable wild mint herb aromatics that were completly beguiling. The palate followed with utterly amazing flavors of big dark dried fruits, spices not of this world, crazytown. I was saving this bottle for a long time and it was opened at the perfect time. On a night when we had 1961 Lafite, Latour, 1989 HB, 1948 Yquem and so many other legends, it was unanimous among the 10 of us this was the the clear wine of the night if not of the decade, wow! Sadly, my only bottle and highly unlikely to ever try it again. I have had many many great vintages of Unico over the years and Especial and this one tops them all. Looks like I am not alone for sound bottles based on the notes here.
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Rich fruit with tar black olives, various herbs and pickle, smoke, full bodied with ample fruit and good structure, still quite youthful, well balanced, excellent.
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Vega Sicilia Unico Vertical 1953-1994 (Hosted by Cedric at Eleven Madison Park): Wow! Incredibly elegant and fresh at age 67. Still has superfine tannins to give this gorgeous structure and mouthfeel. Beautiful secondary development but not old or tired at all. Red fruit profile with some hints of strawberries. An awesome wine.
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10/17/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 97 Points
Vega Sicilia Unico Dinner with Pablo Alvarez (Asador Bastian - Chicago IL): Directly from Vega, thanks Pedro! Black cherry and plum, hauntingly rich and mature with woodsy spice and braised meat. Ultra elegant from the start, this put on weight with more time in glass. Brilliant wine.
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10/17/2023 - Nanda wrote: 99 Points
Acker Vega Sicilia dinner with Pablo Álvarez (Asador Bastian): 53/66/70. Domaine library bottle, where only ~100 bottles remain. Original cork is in pristine condition. Hauntingly and astonishingly young. Fresh red and blue fruits are laced with well-integrated herbs and wood spice. Precise, lingering finish even gains intensity/weight with time. Wow.
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6/16/2023 - KenK Likes this wine: 100 Points
Perhaps the best Unico ever made. Opened for Hezi's 70th. This was utterly amazing, fill to near top shoulder and a very crumbly cork, true for both Hezi and the bottle (lol) This showed a crazy dark fruit perfumed nose with unbelievable wild mint herb aromatics that were completly beguiling. The palate followed with utterly amazing flavors of big dark dried fruits, spices not of this world, crazytown. I was saving this bottle for a long time and it was opened at the perfect time. On a night when we had 1961 Lafite, Latour, 1989 HB, 1948 Yquem and so many other legends, it was unanimous among the 10 of us this was the the clear wine of the night if not of the decade, wow! Sadly, my only bottle and highly unlikely to ever try it again. I have had many many great vintages of Unico over the years and Especial and this one tops them all. Looks like I am not alone for sound bottles based on the notes here.
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10/17/2020 - Lype Likes this wine:
Rich fruit with tar black olives, various herbs and pickle, smoke, full bodied with ample fruit and good structure, still quite youthful, well balanced, excellent.
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2/19/2020 - nywine68 wrote: 98 Points
Vega Sicilia Unico Vertical 1953-1994 (Hosted by Cedric at Eleven Madison Park): Wow! Incredibly elegant and fresh at age 67. Still has superfine tannins to give this gorgeous structure and mouthfeel. Beautiful secondary development but not old or tired at all. Red fruit profile with some hints of strawberries. An awesome wine.
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