I thought this was an 80s Bordeaux, had no chance of guessing this correctly. Wow! '64 Único - beautfiul condition and though you could tell that this was an aged wine, it was still fresh and performing very well. Ever so slightly sloping downhill, and didn't have much longevity in the glass, but for the first half hour this was singing and still had fruit.
Obviously wines of this age are a gamble, but I'm so glad this paid off. Thanks to E for sharing this beauty, what a privilege to try!
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Unbelievably youthful fruit richness and freshness while also wildly complex with layers of fresh and dried fruit, herbs, spice and emerging earth tones. An aroma to die for with a palate to match.
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What a wine! A combination of finesse and power in a package that can only be put together with the right elevage and the right amount of time.. I know it can be a risk to go for a bottle of this age without certain provenance, but man it can be worth it.. Unique indeed!!
Plums and cherry in a sweet-and-tart mix, leather and spices, a hint of cigar leaf, incredible acidity and oh! so alive and talkative. (It's been waiting all this time.. 😉)
for more please watch below at YT channel Pandewine
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What can I say... not only the oldest wine I have ever had, but also the best. Nose - dried plum, barbecue, freshly ground coffee beans, balsamic vinegar. All aromas very well defined. Taste? Paradise on earth, more precisely in the mouth. It's hard to put it into words, but harmony and balance, balance and harmony, just incredible pleasure and surprise. Cherry, blackcurrant, tangerine (surprise), milk chocolate (super), coffee and tobacco. All ingredients appear at once and all last until a very long end. I didn't bother with measuring time, but for at least a minute, the whole flavor remained on the tongue with the addition of mild but visible tannins. 13.5%. 96,000 bottles were produced. The wine remained for 11 years in three different types of barrels and a year in the bottle. It appeared on the market in 1976. Decanter - 98 RP - 96 CT 93.9 ??! Why?!
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2/23/2024 - oxwombat Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened in HK. P&P and served blind.
I thought this was an 80s Bordeaux, had no chance of guessing this correctly. Wow! '64 Único - beautfiul condition and though you could tell that this was an aged wine, it was still fresh and performing very well. Ever so slightly sloping downhill, and didn't have much longevity in the glass, but for the first half hour this was singing and still had fruit.
Obviously wines of this age are a gamble, but I'm so glad this paid off. Thanks to E for sharing this beauty, what a privilege to try!
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8/31/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 96 Points
End-of-Summer Dinner Featuring Vega-Sicilia Único (Asador Bastian - Chicago IL): In Unico flight. Layered and complex while wonderfully fresh for its age. The only bad thing I could say is that it is not as brilliant or deep as the 1970 in the next glass.
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8/31/2023 - Nanda wrote: 97 Points
Unbelievably youthful fruit richness and freshness while also wildly complex with layers of fresh and dried fruit, herbs, spice and emerging earth tones. An aroma to die for with a palate to match.
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8/31/2023 - gbejjani wrote: 95 Points
What a wine! A combination of finesse and power in a package that can only be put together with the right elevage and the right amount of time.. I know it can be a risk to go for a bottle of this age without certain provenance, but man it can be worth it.. Unique indeed!!
Plums and cherry in a sweet-and-tart mix, leather and spices, a hint of cigar leaf, incredible acidity and oh! so alive and talkative. (It's been waiting all this time.. 😉)
for more please watch below at YT channel Pandewine
https://youtu.be/ywve6ie5oFE
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6/20/2023 - WojteG Likes this wine: 100 Points
What can I say... not only the oldest wine I have ever had, but also the best.
Nose - dried plum, barbecue, freshly ground coffee beans, balsamic vinegar. All aromas very well defined.
Taste? Paradise on earth, more precisely in the mouth. It's hard to put it into words, but harmony and balance, balance and harmony, just incredible pleasure and surprise. Cherry, blackcurrant, tangerine (surprise), milk chocolate (super), coffee and tobacco. All ingredients appear at once and all last until a very long end.
I didn't bother with measuring time, but for at least a minute, the whole flavor remained on the tongue with the addition of mild but visible tannins.
13.5%. 96,000 bottles were produced. The wine remained for 11 years in three different types of barrels and a year in the bottle. It appeared on the market in 1976.
Decanter - 98
RP - 96
CT 93.9 ??! Why?!
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