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2012 Vega Sicilia, Unico, Ribera del Duero
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Why We're Buying
Vega Sicilia Unico is an exercise in extreme patience. The blend of 95 tinto fino (tempranillo) and 5 cabernet sauvignon sits in barriques for 18 months, in vats for three years, and in bottles for several years. Only after a decade of waiting can collectors and connoisseurs buy this red wine that wine expert Hugh Johnson praised as the Château Latour of Spain. The 2012 Vega Sicilia Unico is many things – decadent, statuesque, and polished. There's one thing it's not: overpowering. The tempranillo displays the utmost restraint as an ocean of red fruits, sandalwood, smoke, wildflowers, smoked meats, and loam coat the palate. The myriad complexity reveals itself with time in the glass, reflecting the unmatched character that makes Unico a living legend. Don't just take our word for it. Wine critic Tim Atkin called the 2012 vintage "one of Spain's greatest reds." The Final Sip: Few wines have a stronger claim to the throne of Spanish red wine than the perpetually prodigious Vega Sicilia Unico.
Critics Scores
James Suckling
Berry, smoke, violet and sandalwood aromas follow through to a full, layered palate that shows super polished tannins that are caressing and long. It’s tight and very long. Give it two or three years to soften. Drink after 2023.
Decanter
A textbook example of controlled, red fruited elegance, though more restrained perhaps than the glorious 2009. Undoubtedly a big, generous wine, with sumptuously ripe fruit, vibrant with redcurrants and fine cedar. The essence of Unico is its ageing, and as a result the tannins are are well matured and despite its years it retains a youthful freshness. The wine spent a 18 months in barriques and then a further three and a half years in 220hl tinas (vats), followed by extensive bottle ageing.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2012 Único is released 10 years after the harvest. They produced it with the grapes from 40 of the 210 hectares of vineyards they have, with a total of 55 separate plots and 19 different soils. It's mostly 95 Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) and 5 Cabernet Sauvignon grapes that are cooled down for 24 hours and then fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation was in stainless steel and the aging in 225-liter oak barrels and 20,000-liter oak vats for a long time as this was bottled in June 2018. 2012 is a concentrated year, warm and dry with some rain at the end of September that helped the end of the ripening process of healthy grapes with lots of color and ripe tannins. The wine has a ripe nose, with intoxicating notes of black fruit, fresh meat and blood, a spicy touch from the American oak and an earthy twist. It's a voluptuous and decadent vintage for Vega Sicilia, for those that favor years like 2006, a bit atypical, or 1999.