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Valbuena 5 Vega Sicilia 2019

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Size: 750 ml (Standard)
Red
Quantity: 3 bottles (total price)

Robert Parker 95 James Suckling 97

Valbuena 5º was previously created from a blend of Tempranillo, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, but today both Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec have been taken out of the equation, just as barrel aging has been reduced from 50 to 30 months. The grapes are sorted both in the vineyard and in the cellar, where all stems are removed prior to fermentation, which takes place in stainless steel without the addition of foreign yeast strains. The wine then matures according to an ingenious plan in a mosaic of small, larger and very large (8,500 and 20,000 litres) American and French casks until bottling in June 2022.

Valbuena 5º has in recent years, as fruit and freshness mean more and more to our experience of quality, moved closer to the two top wines from Vega Sicilia, and in January 2023 it moved up for the 3rd time to the side of and past Vega Sicilia Único. It happened when Luis Gutiérrez, who is Robert Parker's husband in Spain, tasted the wine and at the same time was invited to a vertical tasting of no less than 25 years of Único, where this Valbuena 5º with 95 points overtook Único 2011, 2008, 2003, 2002 , 2000, 1998, 1990, 1987, 1983, 1982, 1979, 1976, 1975, 1972 and 1965.

Original wooden box - unopened

James Suckling

97

August 2023


Guía Peñín

96

June 2023


Tim Atkin - Master of Wine

96

Tim Atkin - November 2023


Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate

95

Luis Gutiérrez - January 2024

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