Community Tasting Notes 26

• Francophile1 Likes this wine:

  January 1, 2024 - 2024 New Year's Day Double Blind Tasting: Tasted blind. I really enjoyed this wine, but could not tell where it was from both because it was not from a region I was expecting and my palate was tired. I would have liked to have revisited this wine again.

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• Gen NY Likes this wine: 96 points

  December 24, 2023 - Christmas eve 2023. Had with family over grilled Lamb chop dinner. Opened 1 hour before dinner and decanted. Again, there was no sediment. The sediment myst have fallen out in the barrels before blending. Vintages were 94 (which was amazing), ‘99 (which is too early to tell) and 2000 (which I am less excited about).
  
  The smell is very youthful and dominated by mild blackberry and blueberry. I don’t smell bacon or lardons, but is a slight hint of smoked meat or possibly blood. The color is medium garnet the taste is clean and clear. Enters with strong blueberry, blackberry and blood orange. The mid palate is warm cranberry sauce, umami and soy. It finishes on the bright side with more of the blood orange and a long silky finish.
  
  Simply Amazing Wine!

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• Mchiarot Likes this wine: 97 points

  December 3, 2023 - Seared ribeyes..... Spectacular wine that delivered beautifully. Definitely ready with well integrated tannins but this can easily last another 5-7 years. Solid and as one would expect

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• TheThirstyYau Likes this wine: 95 points

  June 19, 2022 - Slow decant over 1.5 hours. Once open quite musigny-like. Superb and well integrated now.

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• Gen NY Likes this wine: 95 points

  August 28, 2021 - Damn, amazingly detailed. smells of lardon, wet tar, sweet berries, vanilla and strawberry jam. Explodes into the mouth with bluberries, strawberries, rhubarb and orange peel. Tar, pine needles, soy hit the mid palete and it leaves you a long aftertatse of vanilla fading to dried strawberries. Not so serious, but well aware of its attractiveness. Appropriate and playfull in the end. A seriosly elegant wine. Leaves you eanting more. Will only get better as the vanilla integrates and creates tetiary flavors.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage N.V.
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Vega-Sicilia
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Único Reserva Especial
• Vineyard 1994, 1999, 2000 (2013 Release)
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Ribera del Duero
• UPC Code 8436014241498

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• Pending Delivery 9 (1%)
• In Cellars 573 (62%)
• Consumed 336 (37%)

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