2016 Vega Sicilia Tinto Valbuena 5 750ml

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2016 Vega Sicilia Tinto Valbuena 5 750ml

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$149.00

SKU 164960 Categories ,
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JS95
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Color/Type
Red
Producer
Vega Sicilia
Style
Varietal/Spirit
Tempranillo
Country
Spain
Pairings
Vintage
2016
Region/Category
Castile and Leon
Subregion
Ribera del Duero
Size
750ml
JK        WS 94       BH        ST        WA 96       AG        JR        JG        VINOUS        IWC        RJ       
Reviews & Scores
This red shows both power and finesse, with generous flavors of ripe red plum and currant accented with anise, cedar, olive and wild herb. Spice and loamy earth notes fine-tune the finish. Tinto Fino and Merlot. Drink now through 2040.
WS94October 2021
The 2016 Valbuena was produced with a blend of 94% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) and 6% Merlot from 140 hectares dedicated to this wine. It fermented with indigenous yeasts, and the first year it matured in barrels (75% French, 25% American) and the second year in large oak vats. This is again a floral and elegant vintage of Valbuena, very much in line with what has happened in the best vintages since 2010. 2016 is going to be a wine that the public is going to like; it has an extroverted personality and is perfumed and generous, juicy and tasty and nicely textured, with fine-grained tannins and very focused and clean flavors. 2016 was a year of very good freshness in Ribera del Duero, a year they like even better than 2018. 182,882 bottles, 6,030 magnums and a few larger formats were produced. It was bottled in June 2019.
WA96June 2021
Dark violet. Powerful red and dark fruit preserve, pipe tobacco and potpourri aromas are complemented by exotic spice, mocha and incense flourishes. Sappy and energetic in character, offering palate-staining blackberry, cherry liqueur, floral pastille and spicecake flavors underscored by a vein of juicy acidity. Gently chewy tannins build steadily on an impressively long, focused and penetrating finish that leaves smoky mineral, floral and juicy dark berry notes behind. 
VM95February 2021
Gorgeous aromas of blackberries, black chocolate and shitake mushrooms follow through to a full body with round, plush tannins that are corduroy in texture. The flavors are intense, but not overdone. 
JS95September 2020

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Weight 4 lbs
Dimensions 6 × 6 × 16 in
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Rating WA

96
Rating VM

95
Rating WS

94
Best Score

96

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