1988 Bodegas Vega-Sicilia Ribera del Duero Valbuena 5°

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  2/17/2024 - popasq Likes this wine: 95 Points

  It took 90 minutes to open fully, then what an experience. Simply amazing.

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  10/4/2021 - andtheodor wrote: 92 Points

  Fully mature. Love the cigar wrapper, meat stock, cooked plums profile here. There's a touch of something animalic/pheromones here; almost like a miniature version of Unico. The palate is too lean but a little more juiciness and this would up to my bottle in 2015.

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  8/29/2021 - popasq Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Still exceptional, one of my favorite bottles in my cellar

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  8/8/2020 - fc1910 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  All of us are in a very fine mood tonight,
  so again we need another great red to compare and indulge ourselves,
  my last bottle of this vintage, but a very good showing, fully open,
  a basket full of fruit, predominant black, a mineral core, some smoke, earthy tones, midbodied, very elegant flow over the mid palate, just very right to enjoy now!

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  10/10/2019 - Burgnick wrote: 88 Points

  Decanted to serve. Nose had strong cedarwood, dried meat, tobacco, chocolate and smoked fruit. A bit underwhelmed as I expected more layers and nuance from it. It came across as a bit monolithic and one-dimensional, but it did improve slightly towards later part of the dinner.

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