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Technical Details

  • Blend 94% Tempranillo, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Winemaker Javier Ausás
  • Country Spain
  • Region Castilla y León
  • Appellation Ribera del Duero
  • Vineyard Único is sourced from 40 select hectacres within the 240-ha Vega Sicilia estate vineyards
  • Farming Method Organic Practices
  • Oak 18 months in new oak barrels, 12 months in used barrels, then 30 months in large-format tanks
  • Fermentation Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in large wooden vats
  • Aging / Cooperage Aged a minimum of 120 months; 60 months in oak, followed by a resting period in bottle before release
  • Alcohol 14%
  • Production 7,800 cases

Vega Sicilia Único Ribera del Duero 2006

Tempranillo | Castilla y León

JS98, W&S97, WA96, WS94, DC92

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Organic Practices

$500.00

$449.00

750ML

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Vega Sicilia was founded in 1864 and is widely regarded as Spain's first great fine wine estate – the property that put Ribera del Duero on the map decades before the region had any international recognition. Único is the estate's flagship, famously never released before a decade of aging in barrel and bottle, making it one of the most sought-after and collectible wines in the world. Allocations are minuscule, and older vintages rarely make the rounds.

The 2006 is a blend of 94% Tempranillo and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon, from a hot year that produced a wine with substantial weight. Dark, opaque color with notes of chocolate, dark fruit, tea, and cedar flavors with a raisin note lingering into the finish. Hubba, hubba. Not much to share!

About The Producer

Few wines have a history as distinguished as that of Vega Sicilia. Founded in the 1860’s, its reputation on its flagship vintage has for more than 100 years produced two great wines, each appropriately named "Único." It was at Vega Sicilia in Ribera del Duero, two hours from Madrid, that Tempranillo proved its potential for greatness. When the estate's original founder, Don Eloy Lecanda Chaves returned from France with cuttings of Bordeaux varietals, he planted them alongside the indigenous variety, then known simply as Tinto del Pais, or “Country Red”, but today known as Tinto Fino or Tempranillo. Surprisingly, it was the Tempranillo that produced the superior wine. Today, the market for Vega Sicilia is one of scarcity and increasing demand. Vega Sicilia’s growing fame and desirability is testament not only to the estate’s enduring legacy but to the world’s craving for wines of history and noble bearing. Vega Sicilia's vintage Único, Reserva Especial and Valbuena are such wines.

$500.00

$449.00

750ML