2014 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Valbuena 5°

Community Tasting Notes (27) Avg Score: 93.1 points

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  2/17/2024 - bram_epicurien Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Saturday evening in diessenhofen, pairing with entrecôte. Decanted for one hour. Deep purple color. Lots of vanilla, red cherry, black pepper, green capsicum, mushroom and wet forest floor on the nose. Med acidity, full body, high alcohol, med flavor intensity, med tannins and med finish. Ample mouth, lots of cream and vanilla, lots of cherries, quite warm, dried Mediterranean herbs, dry tannins, mild pepper, nice capsicum. This still needs to evolve further and after 2 hours I start to taste more chocolate, espresso, truffles even, so next time I will coax a bit more tertiary notes by decanting longer - say 2 / 3 hours. I note it only 90 cause I do not like too much vanilla so a tat too sweet for my taste.

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  1/27/2024 - Nutty08 wrote:

  Only small pour and this hadn't gotten much air. Was a little rough around the edged with coarse tannins and red and black fruit profile. Didn't get to revisit later on.

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  8/24/2023 - beatles wrote: 93 Points

  This is your good old boy, very classic, very Spanish, very spicy (dark, Arabian spice), sweet fruit, full bodied effort, yet with impeccable. Very early maturity.
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  6/27/2023 - Papies wrote: 92 Points

  Big wine , ripe juicy sweet fruit, decent amount of oak of course, sweet oak but still the wine has enough substance to own the oak , dark fruited , plums. Proper richness and weight here as expected for the style and pedigree. On the young side but still silky enough to be welcoming . Touch one dimensional now though on account of that. 91-92 and with a lot of life ahead .

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  4/14/2023 - fredfta wrote: 97 Points

  Mi tercera añada de este Ribera y siempre una pasada. Tinto Fino con un 5% de Merlot y crianza en madera francesa y americana, barricas de 225 litros nuevas y usadas y tinos de 8.500 litros. Alc. 14% vol. Si bien es cierto que tiene potencial para un largo recorrido, ya es un vino increíblemente rico y preciso, muy redondo, intenso y complejo, con una amplia gama de matices afrutados, especiados, balsámicos, tostados y mucho más. Bebido durante cena de cumpleaños de mi esposa, tinto #3/3.

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