ベガ シシリアは古くは11世紀の文献に名が記されていた由緒ある農園で、ワイナリーとしては19世紀に創業。1982年にアルバレス家所有となり、歴史を守りつつも試行錯誤を重ね、さらなる発展を遂げています。
ウニコは最低でも10年の熟成を経てからリリースされる「唯一」の名前にふさわしい逸品。収量は約25hl/ha。様々なサイズの自家製アメリカンオーク樽やフレンチオーク樽に入替えを行いつつ熟成。
果実やドライフラワー、ナツメグやリコリスなどのスパイス、バルサミコ酢などのアロマが複雑に溶け合います。繊細な酸と細やかで洗練されたタンニンがあり、いつまでも続く長い余韻。まさに偉大なワインです。

2014 Vega Sicilia Único
The Wine Advocate
RP 98
Reviewed by:Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:$750
Drink Date:2026 - 2044
The 2014 Único was produced with grapes from 40 hectares of vines selected from the 210 hectares the winery has. The grapes were picked between September 20th and October 3rd, and the blend was 94% Tinto Fino and 6% Cabernet Sauvignon. It fermented in oak vats with indigenous yeasts, with malolactic in stainless steel. The first part of the aging was in 225-liter barrels and the second one in 20,000-liter oak vats, and the élevage lasts 10 years between oak and bottle. It's a year that combines power and elegance; it's concentrated but has subtleness. I had a unique opportunity to taste it from magnum one year ago and was truly impressed. This tasting was consistent with those sensations. 2014 was a good vintage in the zone, a year with good rain and a big crop, not as powerful as 2012 or 2015 but a year with finesse. The wine feels very balanced, lower in alcohol and with integrated oak, crunchy, fresh and still young. It feels quite classical; it's fine-boned, elegant but also powerful, more like the Únicos from yesteryear. It has to be one of the finest vintages of recent times. It has 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.85 and five grams of acidity measured in tartaric acid per liter of wine. One of the largest vintages of Único, 104,606 bottles, 3,612 magnums, 356 double magnums, 50 imperials and five Salmanazars were produced. It was bottled in June 2020. It seems like years ending in four—94, 2004, 2014 (but not 84, that was not produced)—are very good here. We'll have to wait and see about the 2024...

ベガ シシリアは古くは11世紀の文献に名が記されていた由緒ある農園で、ワイナリーとしては19世紀に創業。1982年にアルバレス家所有となり、歴史を守りつつも試行錯誤を重ね、さらなる発展を遂げています。
ベガ シシリア内の比較的若木を手摘み収穫。収量21.7hl/ha。8500Lの木桶、自家製アメリカンオーク樽やフレンチオーク樽で計30ヶ月熟成後、さらに約18ヶ月瓶熟。
樽熟と瓶熟で熟成期間が5年かかることから「バルブエナ5」と名付けられた、ベガシシリアで造られる赤ワインをまさに体現した一本。豊潤な果実味といきいきとした味わいです。

ヴィンテージ情報
10月1日から13日収穫。涼しく、豊かな収量が確保できた年。11月初めの霜があり、気温が低い冬から始まり、春と夏は平均的な気温となりました。土壌がしっかりと保水していたため生育は早かったものの、9月の嵐で収穫は遅れました。例年以上に厳しく選果したことで、いきいきと垂直に伸びやかなワインとなりました。抽出もしっかりとできたため、初年度の樽はアメリカンオークを5%増量。つややかでニュアンスにあふれ、魅惑的でなめらかなテクスチャー。

良年のみ生産されるウニコの中でもさらに良い年をブレンドして造る究極のウニコ。スペイン伝統の手法を用いたマルチヴィンテージワイン。

NV Vega Sicilia • Único Reserva Especial 2023 Release
Rating 97 points
Release Price $980
Drink Date 2023 - 2034　⇒飲み頃に入っています
Reviewed by Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date 1st Feb 2023
Source End of January 2023, The Wine Advocate

The NV Único Reserva Especial 2023 Release is a blend produced with vintages 2009, 2011 and 2012, in search of a house style. It's a blend of Tinto Fino with some Cabernet Sauvignon with 14% alcohol, a pH of 3.85 and 5.2 grams of acidity (measured in tartaric acid per liter of wine); so, it's a slightly lighter version of Reserva Especial. When in theory they used three warm, ripe and powerful vintages, the blend is not excessively powerful, but the longer élevage has polished that power and delivered a classical and proportioned wine, aromatic, spicy, with the Vega nose and a velvety palate with very fine tannins and great elegance. 18,318 bottles and 233 magnums produced. It was bottled in June 2019.

ウニコは最低でも10年の熟成を経てからリリースされる「唯一」の名前にふさわしい逸品。
収量はわずか22.5ha/hl。長期熟成を経て、芳醇で複雑な味わいとなります。

2013 Vega Sicilia • Único
Rating 97 points
Release Price $750
Drink Date 2023 - 2035　⇒飲み頃に入っています
Reviewed by Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date 1st Feb 2023
Source End of January 2023, The Wine Advocate

I had already tasted the 2013 Único from magnum in a vertical tasting of all the magnums ever produced and was quite impressed by it (and the still unreleased 2014 that should be available in 2024). 2013 saw a rainy harvest, and the wine is subtle, elegant and fresh, complex, silky and with precision. The wine matured in 225-liter barrels in an initial phase and then in 22,000-liter oak vats until it was bottled in June 2019. This year, the final blend was 97% Tinto Fino and 3% Cabernet Sauvignon with a little less alcohol, 14%, and a pH of 3.78 and 5.2 grams of acidity, fresh and balanced, more elegant and subtler. Único often transcends the character of the vintage and doesn't follow the norm in the region, and the 2013 is a good example of that. It was a very rainy and complicated vintage; they harvested quite quickly to avoid botrytis, and while other people waited for concentration, they did not, and their approach clearly paid back. It's aromatic and floral, less dense than the 2012, subtler, more expressive and more elegant. It's clean and fresh, tasty, with very fine tannins. It's a big surprise for the vintage and one of the finest Únicos in the last few years. 76,476 bottles, 3,658 magnums and some larger formats produced, the shortest crop since 2009.

ウニコは最低でも10年の熟成を経てからリリースされる「唯一」の名前にふさわしい逸品。収量はわずか22.5ha/hl。長期熟成を経て、芳醇で複雑な味わいとなります。
輸入元は、ファインズです

2012 Vega Sicilia Unico
Reviewed by Luis Gutierrez
Issue Date 31st Dec 2021
Source Issue 258 End of December 2021, The Wine Advocate
Rating 96 points
Release Price $628
Drink Date 2024 - 2035
The 2012 Unico 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. The wine finished with 14.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.88 and 5.1 grams of acidity (tartaric). 88,188 bottles, 3,537 magnums, 328 double magnums, 55 imperials and five Salmanazar produced.