1958 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Único

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  2/8/2020 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  Acker 200; 2/7/2020-2/8/2020 (The Pool & Cipriani): One of our bottles for the evening and a wine that I know I should really love but which I find that I just like. Odd because other years seems to speak to me more. This is almost port-like in style. Lots of dried fruits and all of that. Very nice age and to be honest still going strong. Was decanted for sediment which makes a huge difference for this wine. Works well.

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  3/15/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  The big 4-0 (Ristorante Morini): Probably should have looked at earlier notes for this bottle. In retrospect I would have decanted for sediment and then rebottled and probably given it a bit of time. I know many liked it, but for me this is missing some of the Unico power. When it poured it was similar to port. Lots of the dried fruit flavors. To be honest, alcohol a touch overpowering. That blew off with some time in the glass. It was good (and perhaps I am judging this partially because I know what it costs), but for me not quite at the level it should be.

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  3/30/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

  A Few Favorite Wines (Vaucluse): Interesting wine for sure. This was very light - almost the color I would expect of a burgundy. I have a feeling that this could have used a splash decant to get it off the sediment, but instead we went with the pnp approach. Of all of the wines, it prob changed the most over time. The age is definitely there, but there's also a vibrancy to the wine. We have 3 more bottles and I won't be in a rush to drink them. Think there's lots of life left. For some this was WOTN. It was definitely very interesting. Looking forward to our next bottle.

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  11/25/2016 - KenK wrote: flawed

  FAT Party - Dead from oxidation sadly

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  11/9/2014 - Los 12 Glotones Likes this wine: 100 Points

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  http://vinosclasicos.blogspot.com.es/2014/10/vega-sicilia-unico-1958.html
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  De color cereza granatoso de capa media-alta, muy oscuro. Reflejos rojizos, poco brillo, opaco, mate. Ligero precipitado en la base de la botella. Ribete estrecho, mínimo, anaranjado, con marcada diferencia respecto al menisco.
  
  De maneras muy clásicas, enormemente proporcionado, homogéneo y elegante. Un Vega Sicilia delicado, fino, de gran nobleza, vaporoso, sutil, casi ausente. Se arranca brumoso, apegado a un lecho de sotobosque y térreos con toda la interminable retahíla otoñal que es capaz de ofrecer un Único en estado de gracia. Va a más... No para de ganar en expresión y contundencia sin perder esa gracia natural incial. Salen unas casi invisibles maderas, las más finas que podamos encontrar, detostado imperceptible, a las que se suman las hebras de tabaco, retales de cuero, pimientas ahumadas.
  
  En boca lo mejor. Acaricia el paladar, mullido, ateriopelado. Está tan integrado que cuesta discernir lo que estamos bebiendo. Gana volumen a cada trago, más presente, más intenso y amplio, mostrando mayor garra (con una acidez soterrada que castiga por lo bajini) y una persistencia fuera de lo común. Un vino definitivo, lustroso, en plenitud, que ha conseguido ensamblarse hasta alcanzar su aleación definitiva. De la fragua de Vega Sicilia sale otro coloso que amplia la saga de mitos de la casa. Ante un vino así solo se puede hacer dos cosas: beber y callar!!
  
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  tinto fino, cabernet sauvignon, malbec y merlot.
  Uva procedente únicamente de viñedos propios. Tras finalizar el proceso de fermentación alcohólica es trasegado a grandes envases de madera, entre 18.000 y 20.000 litros de capacidad, en los que realiza la fermentación maloláctica y permanece durante un mínimo de 5 años. A continuación se trasvasó a bidones de madera usados y progresivamente a otros más usados durante un total de 10 años. El resto, en botella, hasta su comercialización. Producción limitada a 22.180 botellas.
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