12 bottles per lot
Details
Vega Sicilia, Unico 1966
Ribera del Duero
Two damaged capsules and one slightly damaged capsule. One raised cork. Bin-soiled and stained labels. Three faded labels and one damaged label. Levels: two into neck, six base of neck, one top-shoulder and three upper-shoulder
Tasting note: The most Burgundian (that's great Burgundy, by the way) wine of the tasting, the 1966 Unico Reserva exhibits a huge, fragrant, penetrating bouquet of sweet, jammy, black-cherry fruit, cedar, smoke, and earth. The saturated, dark ruby color reveals a hint of amber at the edge. Full-bodied, succulent, and velvety, this gorgeously-proportioned, decadently-styled Vega Sicilia is fully mature, yet its balance, freshness, and thrilling level of flavor extraction suggest it should easily glide through 15-20 more years. If readers have the financial means to drink one fully mature vintage of Vega Sicilia's Unico Riserva, it should be the 1966 or 1953. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 97, February 1995
12 bottles per lot
Ribera del Duero
Two damaged capsules and one slightly damaged capsule. One raised cork. Bin-soiled and stained labels. Three faded labels and one damaged label. Levels: two into neck, six base of neck, one top-shoulder and three upper-shoulder
Tasting note: The most Burgundian (that's great Burgundy, by the way) wine of the tasting, the 1966 Unico Reserva exhibits a huge, fragrant, penetrating bouquet of sweet, jammy, black-cherry fruit, cedar, smoke, and earth. The saturated, dark ruby color reveals a hint of amber at the edge. Full-bodied, succulent, and velvety, this gorgeously-proportioned, decadently-styled Vega Sicilia is fully mature, yet its balance, freshness, and thrilling level of flavor extraction suggest it should easily glide through 15-20 more years. If readers have the financial means to drink one fully mature vintage of Vega Sicilia's Unico Riserva, it should be the 1966 or 1953. Robert Parker, Wine Advocate 97, February 1995
12 bottles per lot
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