2009 Vega Sicilia - UnicoColour : Red Producer : Vega Sicilia Label Name : Unico Country : Spain Region : Castilla y Leon Sub Region : Ribera del Duero Variety : Proprietary Blend Vintage : 2009 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : RP98 Robert Parker Wine Advocate Tasting Note : I tasted a bottle of the 2009 nico blind and was taken by the freshness, the red fruit notes and the Burgundian like characteristics of this vintage, which on paper was quite warm and dry. I

I also tasted the 2009 Valbuena

Château Pétrus 2008 is now regarded as one of the finest wines of the decade

graphite and warm earth

but at present

there is more red than black fruit

2009 seems like a great vintage for Vega Sicilia

Vinous 93 pts

Offering up a rich but youthful bouquet of waxy lemon rind

mineral finish of great persistence and complexity

brimming with lush black fruit and chocolate

silky and impeccably perfumed

in the traditional style