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• the player Likes this wine: 95 points

  April 19, 2024 - Number three in a vertical of Unico with the 74 and 85 ahead if this beautiful 94. Deep crimson color, nose of candied berries and cherries, baking spice and pipe tobacco. Lots of red fruits on the palate, medium to full bodied, astounding finesse in the complex structure very round, finishes very long. Readier than the 89.

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• overkloud Likes this wine: 95 points

  March 28, 2024 - a classic Vega in every way. rich cigar, cocoa notes mixed with herbaceous influence.

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• Ozen Likes this wine: 99 points

  February 11, 2024 - Mama Mia, what a wine, what an insanely 'I am in love again in summer' kind of wine. This is soooo good. This Unico lifts you up from mother earth and let you float like an eagle in high skies on a late hot summer afternoon.
  
  Truly one of a kind! For sure one of the most appealing wines I have ever tasted. This unique wine embodies the essence of 'Blood Orange to perfection'. Its incredibly enticing flavor offers a rare concentration and perfection that no blood orange or any other fruit could. While this wine is orange as orange should be if we would want every human being to experience perfection in orange, if not everything fruit. It captures the essence of the book 'Fruit' by the chef of Chez Panisse. Nature provides a mere glimpse of what the perfect 'beyond the orange' elixer would taste like. The aftertaste is deep, intense and so long.
  
  I highly recommend that anyone with a passion for wine (or even those who simply deeply appreciate the best of what fruit can produce), indulge in Vega Sicilia Unico at least once in your lifetime, preferably from a vintage like 1994. Absolutely stunning, if not downright magical. However steep this is worth the money.

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• Burgundy Al wrote:

  October 17, 2023 - Vega Sicilia Unico Dinner with Pablo Alvarez (Asador Bastian - Chicago IL): 90/91/94 flight with an Especial bonus. This will be the best wine of this flight one day in the distant future. So much power and intensity, but backward and nearly brooding. Otherwise, decant for 1/2 day. Easily 95-96+ point potential.

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• Nanda wrote: 93 points

  October 17, 2023 - Acker Vega Sicilia dinner with Pablo Álvarez (Asador Bastian): 91/94/Especial (94 96 00). Large scaled with darker baritone fruit. Rich and decadent. Fun now, but so much potential in 20+ years.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 1994
• Type Red
• Producer Bodegas Vega-Sicilia
• Varietal Tempranillo Blend
• Designation Único
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Spain
• Region Castilla y León
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation Ribera del Duero
• UPC Codes 097985152435, 8411509191007, 8420342001633, 8436014242082, 8436014243089, 8436014243133

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• Pending Delivery 35 (1%)
• In Cellars 3,468 (69%)
• Consumed 1,487 (30%)

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