Descripción

Este es el vino sin añada de Vega Sicilia y todo un tributo a la tradición y a un estilo legendario. En él se conjugan las mejores cualidades de diferentes cosechas de Unico. Solo las mejores añadas de Unico sirven para crear este vino emblemático y extraordinariamente complejo. En su edición 2022 se han escogido barricas pertenecientes a las cosechas 2008, 2010 y 2011 para crear un blend soberbio. La perfección absoluta hecha vino como constatan los 100 puntos otorgados por el crítico y Master of Wine británico, Tim Atkin.

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2022
Grado
14.5% vol.
Producción
16.961 botellas bordelesas
Variedad
95% Tinto fino, 5% Cabernet sauvignon
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Ribera del Duero

Cata

Vista
Color cereza con borde granate.
Nariz
Equilibrada y compleja, destacando aromas a fruta madura con notas especiadas y una fina reducción.
Boca
Tinto estructurado, sabroso, con taninos maduros, muy equilibrado y persistente.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 18 ºC.
Consumo
Este vino está apto para beber actualmente, pero tiene un potencial de guarda de 40-60 años si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.

Viñedo y elaboración

Nombre
Finca Vega Sicilia.
Descripción
Viñedo situado a una altitud entre 700 y 900 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
Superficie
210 hectáreas.
Edad
Media de 36 años.
Rendimiento
3.000-3.500 kilogramos por hectárea.
Cosecha
Vendimia manual en cajas de 12 kilogramos.
Vinificación
Para crear este vino se han escogido vinos de las añadas 2008, 2010 y 2011.
Embotellado
En junio de 2018.

Opinión de los críticos

Tim Atkin:

Vega's Reserva Especial is surely the only world-class unfortified red that's a blend of vintages - 2008, 2010 and 2011 in this instance. Made from Tinto Fino and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, it’s the result of long and harmonious slumber in large wooden foudres after previous ageing in smaller barrels. Structured, complex and elegant, with hints of tobacco leaf and balsam, a sprinkling of sweet baking spices, focused acidity and palate-caressing tannins. Perfection. 2022-35. 

James Suckling:

Sweet-berry, walnut, licorice and violet aromas that follow through to a full body with round, chewy tannins that are polished and beautiful. Notes of iron, too. The tannins are broad and mouth filling, giving a caressing and exciting texture on the palate. If you give this a year to two to soften, it will deliver even greater richness and flavor. A blend of 2008, 2010 and 2011. Great after 2023.

The Wine Advocate:

The NV Único Reserva Especial 2022 Release is a blend of wines from 2008, 2010 and 2011, mostly Tinto Fino with some Cabernet Sauvignon mixing lots from the Único wines from those years. In the past, the blend was older vintages, but now it's wines that are around the same age as the Único. It has the complexity of mixing terroirs, vintages and grapes with parameters very similar to Único, 14.5% alcohol and good balance with a pH of 3.83 and 5.4 grams of acidity (measured in tartaric acid per liter). In the blend, they look for keeping the style of past blends, combining the more aged notes of the older wines and the freshness of the younger ones. I was very pleasantly surprised by the performance of this Reserva Especial, which seems to be going back to the character of the blends from yesteryear, with more finesse, elegance and nuance. This is perfumed, elegant, harmonious and balanced. It has very fine, already polished tannins and integrated acidity. 2008 and 2010 are cooler years, and they seem to give the blend this freshness and elegance. It has all the components, and especially the balance between all of them, to age nicely in bottle. 16,961 bottles and 201 magnums were filled in June 2018.

Decanter:

The Unico Reserva Seleccion Especial has become a cult, and no wonder. As Pablo Alvarez says: ‘It’s the most Vega Sicilia of them all.’ The 2022 release, a blend of the complexity of 2008, the structure of 2010 and the freshness of 2011 is far more than the sum of its parts. Floral with red apples and roses on the nose. In the mouth a firm grip, juicy, textured, a wine that is comfortably settled into itself. Not a very technical tasting note perhaps, but accurate: thoroughly enjoyable. Drinking window 2021- 2032.