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1970 Vega Sicilia "Unico" Ribera del Duero (96 Points RP) No Reserve) , 1970

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Vega Sicilia is Spain's most renowned and expensive red wine (equivalent to their First Growth).The 1970 Unico is considered to be one of the greatest Vega Sicilia's of the Twentieth Century and was released in 1995.

"The 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico surpasses the 1968 in its exceptional perfume and seductive,gorgeously textured,voluptuous,and sexy style.The color is a healthy dark ruby.The nose offers up smashingly intense aromas of lavishly oaked,but gorgeously pure black cherries and currants.The wine is full-bodied,and nearly sweet tasting,because of the fruit's exceptional ripeness.Expansive and deep,with the wood,tannin,and acidity masked by the sheer quantity of fruit,the 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico is a velvety-textured,seamless,rich,profound wine that is more approachable than the 1968,yet along with that legendary wine,remarkably fresh and youthful.It is astonishing that a 25-year-old wine could look,smell and taste so young,yet also be so complex.No one knows how Vega Sicilia achieves such brilliance,but the proof is in the bottle.This wine is frightfully expensive,as well as absurdly rare (most of it is gobbled up by millionaires in Spain and western Europe),but it is a winemaking tour de force and one of the world's greatest red wines.The 1979 Vega Sicilia Unico should drink well for 15-25 more years". (Tasted in 1995).
(96 Points).

Robert Parker (Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide. Fourth Edition).


The following excerpts in the Decanter magazine were written on Vega Sicilia Unico by Serena Sutcliffe:-

"Vega Sicilia is Ribera del Duero's legendary estate,and its wine,Unico,is the stuff legends are made of".

"The 1960s and 1970s were a golden period for Vega".

"Superb aromatic bouquet.So sweet and seductive.So round and complete that it is "spheric"! Totally aromatic.A giant of a wine.A recent magnum had a nose of blackberries in liqueur and a taste of wine gums and liquorice - glorious rich glycerol all the way".

Serena Sutcliffe.MW. (Tasting notes on the 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico. Decanter Magazine. March 2002).



In the August 2015 edition of Decanter magazine there is a wine "Market Watch" section.
Under "Hammer Highlights" it states that in the Zachy's New York auction sale of 14-15th May 2015,two magnums of 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico sold for US$6,125.
Currently,in single bottle £ sterling terms,that would translate into at least £1,000 a bottle!



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204147

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1970 Vega Sicilia "Unico" Ribera del Duero (96 Points RP) No Reserve)

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1 bottles, 75cl each

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Duty Paid

Wine Type:

Red

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Australia, South Australia

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Base of Neck (BN)

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£12.00. For extra safety,all bottles will be dispatched in polysafe tubes. If buyers wish to use Paypal,they will be invoiced with their charges(About 4%.Overseas 5%).Foreign buyers are welcome,but they should take responsibility for having suitable means of shipping.
From CT5, Kent, United Kingdom
Western Europe.For European buyers,please ask for shipping price quotation,which will be considerably higher than the above UK price.

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Vega Sicilia is Spain's most renowned and expensive red wine (equivalent to their First Growth).The 1970 Unico is considered to be one of the greatest Vega Sicilia's of the Twentieth Century and was released in 1995.

"The 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico surpasses the 1968 in its exceptional perfume and seductive,gorgeously textured,voluptuous,and sexy style.The color is a healthy dark ruby.The nose offers up smashingly intense aromas of lavishly oaked,but gorgeously pure black cherries and currants.The wine is full-bodied,and nearly sweet tasting,because of the fruit's exceptional ripeness.Expansive and deep,with the wood,tannin,and acidity masked by the sheer quantity of fruit,the 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico is a velvety-textured,seamless,rich,profound wine that is more approachable than the 1968,yet along with that legendary wine,remarkably fresh and youthful.It is astonishing that a 25-year-old wine could look,smell and taste so young,yet also be so complex.No one knows how Vega Sicilia achieves such brilliance,but the proof is in the bottle.This wine is frightfully expensive,as well as absurdly rare (most of it is gobbled up by millionaires in Spain and western Europe),but it is a winemaking tour de force and one of the world's greatest red wines.The 1979 Vega Sicilia Unico should drink well for 15-25 more years". (Tasted in 1995).
(96 Points).

Robert Parker (Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide. Fourth Edition).


The following excerpts in the Decanter magazine were written on Vega Sicilia Unico by Serena Sutcliffe:-

"Vega Sicilia is Ribera del Duero's legendary estate,and its wine,Unico,is the stuff legends are made of".

"The 1960s and 1970s were a golden period for Vega".

"Superb aromatic bouquet.So sweet and seductive.So round and complete that it is "spheric"! Totally aromatic.A giant of a wine.A recent magnum had a nose of blackberries in liqueur and a taste of wine gums and liquorice - glorious rich glycerol all the way".

Serena Sutcliffe.MW. (Tasting notes on the 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico. Decanter Magazine. March 2002).



In the August 2015 edition of Decanter magazine there is a wine "Market Watch" section.
Under "Hammer Highlights" it states that in the Zachy's New York auction sale of 14-15th May 2015,two magnums of 1970 Vega Sicilia Unico sold for US$6,125.
Currently,in single bottle £ sterling terms,that would translate into at least £1,000 a bottle!



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Item Details

Item ID:

204147

Name:

1970 Vega Sicilia "Unico" Ribera del Duero (96 Points RP) No Reserve)

Producer:

Quantity / Size:

1 bottles, 75cl each

Duty Status:

Duty Paid

Wine Type:

Red

Country / Region:

Australia, South Australia

Fill Level:

Base of Neck (BN)

Ended:

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Shipping

£12.00. For extra safety,all bottles will be dispatched in polysafe tubes. If buyers wish to use Paypal,they will be invoiced with their charges(About 4%.Overseas 5%).Foreign buyers are welcome,but they should take responsibility for having suitable means of shipping.
From CT5, Kent, United Kingdom
Western Europe.For European buyers,please ask for shipping price quotation,which will be considerably higher than the above UK price.

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