Vega Sicilia - 2020 - Valbuena - 750 ml.

Vega Sicilia - 2020 - Valbuena - 750 ml.

SKU: A7971

Varietal Icon Tempranillo
Country Icon Spain
Region Icon Ribera del duero
95 WS 96 JS
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DESCRIPTION

Valbuena 5º is Vega Sicilia’s purest expression of red wine, named after its five years of ageing in oak and bottle. The 2020 vintage was shaped by two defining events: the Covid pandemic, which demanded adaptation and strengthened our team spirit, and heavy pre-harvest rainfall that required exceptional vigilance in the vineyard to preserve grape concentration. The result is Valbuena 5º 2020, a more ethereal, elegant, and subtle wine—delicate yet rich, refined yet profound, and a true pleasure to experience.

Wine at a glance

Country Icon Spain
Region Icon Ribera del duero
Size Icon 750 ml.
Varietal Icon Tempranillo
Winery Icon Vega Sicilia
Type Icon Red
Vintage Icon 2020

Expert Notes

James Suckling: 96

Valbuena 5 used to be the baby Unico, and nowadays it is more like its younger brother with a lot of resemblance and just a bit less depth and tannins. Valbuena 5 comes from younger vines and sometimes different parcels from Unico. On the palate, this is more open and linear, while Unico is more profound and vertical. Notes of iron, blackberries, cedar, minerals and cocoa powder. Medium- to full-bodied with melted tannins and a long, long finish. Drinkable from 2025, but will hold for years.

Wine Spectator: 95

The 2020 Valbuena is from a year marked by COVID-19 and lots of rain before the harvest, which resulted in a more ethereal wine, with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.9 and 4.45 grams of acidity. It was produced with 97% Tinto Fino and 3% Merlot, cooled down for 24 hours and then fermented with indigenous yeasts from a pied de cuve in stainless steel. It matured in barrel and oak vats during the first year, and in the second one, it aged exclusively in oak vats of different sizes, 8,500 and 21,000 liters. In 2020, the wine is finer-boned, more fluid and only medium-bodied, perhaps because of the dilution from the rain; the tannins are fine-grained and polished, but there's less juiciness in the wine. It calls for food. With time in the glass, the wine opens up and becomes more aromatic, and it even seems to gain juiciness and change texture.

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