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 a la perfección 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 2021, se han escogido barricas pertenecientes a las cosechas 2009, 2010 y 2011 para crear un blend soberbio. A juicio del crítico y Master of Wine, Tim Atkin, "uno de los mejores Reserva Especial que he probado".

 

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Vega Sicilia
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2021
Grado
14.0% vol.
Producción
16.916 botellas bordelesas
Variedad
94% Tinto Fino, 6% Cabernet sauvignon
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Ribera del Duero

Cata

Vista
Color cereza intenso, con borde granate.
Nariz
Aroma elegante, a fruta madura, ebanistería y especies.
Boca
Sabor complejo, pero equilibrado. Presenta taninos finos, combinados con un ligero amargor. Final largo.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 18 ºC.
Consumo
Hasta 2040, aproximadamente, si se conserva en óptimas condiciones.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Viñedo situado a una altitud entre 700 y 900 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
Superficie
210 hectáreas.
Edad
Media de 35 años.
Rendimiento
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 2009, 2010 y 2011.
Embotellado
En junio de 2017.

Opinión de los críticos

Tim Atkin:

The 2021 release of this legendary non-vintage blend of Tinto Fino and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the best Reserva Especials I've tasted, fully justifying the use of a semisolera system at Vega Sicilia. Based on the 2009, 2010 and 2011 harvests, with bits and pieces from other years, it's a wonderfully complex, balsamic red with aromas of tobacco leaf and sweet spices, layers of supple red fruits, savoury umami tannins, scented oak and a long, tapering finish. Drinkable now, but there's no need to hurry. 2025-40.

James Suckling:

A red with plenty of blackberry, chocolate, toasted-oak, cedar and hazelnut aromas that follow through to a full body with firm, velvety tannins that are driven and deep. Finishes with black fruit and lots of hazelnut, walnut and almond undertones. Glorious now. A blend of the following vintages: 2009, 2010 and 2011.

The Wine Advocate:

As has happened in the last few years, the NV Único Reserva Especial 2021 Release is composed of wines of around 10 years of age, in this case 2009, 2010 and 2011, with 2011 being the Único vintage released at the same time as this non-vintage blend. It's a tribute to the tradition and the past times, a blend of mostly Tinto Fino, the local strain of Tempranillo from Ribera del Duero, and a little Cabernet Sauvignon where they look for the balance and house style by blending different vintages of Único. There are many similarities with the 2011, which can represent about one-third of the blend. There's a little more development in the aromas, some of those ripe but herbal aromas and a powerful palate but without the elegance of the 2011 vintage bottling, which has more stuffing in the mid-palate. It finishes dry, with some tannins. It's certainly younger and fresher than the Reserva Especial from yesteryear, and they are now trying to hold onto some wine to again give it some older components like in the recent past. 16,916 bottles and 257 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2017.