UNICO Reserva Especial Rel. 2023 Bodegas Vega Sicilia (2005,2006,2007), Ribera Del Duero

Robert Parker: 97 Point 

Tim Atkin : 98 Point 

James Suckling: 99 Point

Unico Reserva Especial er en vin uden årgang og sammensættes kun af de absolut bedste fade fra 3 unikke årgange. Vinen heraf laves kune i ekstremt lavt oplag og kombinerer perfekt egenskaberne fra de forskellige årgange af UNICO. Unico Reserva Especial Release 2023 er sammensat af 59 fade i 3 forskellige årgange (2009, 2011 og 2023). Kun fade fra UNICOs allerbedste årgange anvendes til at fremstille denne legendariske og bemærkelsesværdigt komplekse vin.En blanding af mange år, dyder, oplevelser og følelser, der kun udtrykker den mest dybe essens i en unik, uforlignelig stil, Vega Sicilia-stilen.

Denne vin er klar til at drikke nu, men kan opbevares udvikle sig i op til 40-60 år. Intens og kraftig rødvin fra Ribera del Duero i Spanien. Denne rødvin er lavet på en blanding af Cabernet Sauvignong og Tempranillo.

 -- Parker: The NV Único Reserva Especial 2023 Release is a blend produced with vintages 2009, 2011 and 2012, in search of a house style. It's a blend of Tinto Fino with some Cabernet Sauvignon with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.85 and 5.2 grams of acidity (measured in tartaric acid per liter of wine); so, it's a slightly lighter version of Reserva Especial. When in theory they used three warm, ripe and powerful vintages, the blend is not excessively powerful, but the longer élevage has polished that power and delivered a classical and proportioned wine, aromatic, spicy, with the Vega nose and a velvety palate with very fine tannins and great elegance. 18,318 bottles and 233 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2019. 97/100

-- Tim Atkin: The 2023 release of this non-vintage specific red wines is a cuvée of 2009, 2011 and 2012 and is another superb release from Ribera del Duero's most celebrated bodega, making the most of a trio of very good harvests. Savoury and autumnal, this is a wine to sip by an open fire listening to good music: contemplative and refined. Marrying Tinto Fino with 6% Cabernet Sauvignon in this iteration, it's scented, sweet and balsamic, with detailed tannins, leafy tannins, supple wild strawberry fruit and an appealing volatile lift. The closest Ribera gets to a Gran Reserva Rioja in style. 98/100

-- Suckling: Extremely nuanced and complex nose that shows high-grade cigar box and cigars, fresh blackberries, orange peel, together with red-chili chocolate, walnut, iron and hints of cocoa powder. This is intense, elegant and savory with real finesse, savoriness and complexity. Juicy, dusty and immaculate tannins and an extremely long, savory finish that lasts over a minute. Mainly a blend of 2009 and 2011 and 2012. Surprisingly, this is already approachable now, but better after 2024. 99/100