Last night we held one of our most exciting tastings of the year – a fascinating look at Spain’s aristocratic wine estate, Vega Sicilia.
Winemaker Xavier Ausas took charge of proceedings, which consisted of a tasting of Pintia ‘06, Alion ‘04 and ‘05 before the main business of the evening, four vintages of Valbuena (’04, ‘02, ‘97, ‘83), four of Unico (’99, ‘80, ‘74, ‘69), a lot (if that’s the right word for this non-vintage blend) of Unico Reserva Especial and a 1976 Oremus Tokaji just to finish things off.
Mark will no doubt be writing an extenisve report on each of the wines, but personally I thought the ‘74 Unico was the most outstanding – a really fascinating wine at its peak now and with an indescribable character that was sheer perfection.
The Full Line-Up
Xavier Ausas
The Tasting
Thanks everyone for coming to this brilliant event, and especially thanks to Xavier for presenting the wines. There’s one more tasting left in this session, The French Walkabout, which should be a really enjoyable evening so don’t miss it. The next schedule is being finalised as we speak and will be posted in the tastings section of the site in the next couple of weeks – check back often.
See the Vega Sicilia tasting page for more information on the tasting and to download the brochure from the night. For more on the wines, see the complete list of everything we have in stock from Vega Sicilia.
Vega Sicilia Come to Roberson
Last night we held one of our most exciting tastings of the year – a fascinating look at Spain’s aristocratic wine estate, Vega Sicilia.
Winemaker Xavier Ausas took charge of proceedings, which consisted of a tasting of Pintia ‘06, Alion ‘04 and ‘05 before the main business of the evening, four vintages of Valbuena (’04, ‘02, ‘97, ‘83), four of Unico (’99, ‘80, ‘74, ‘69), a lot (if that’s the right word for this non-vintage blend) of Unico Reserva Especial and a 1976 Oremus Tokaji just to finish things off.
Mark will no doubt be writing an extenisve report on each of the wines, but personally I thought the ‘74 Unico was the most outstanding – a really fascinating wine at its peak now and with an indescribable character that was sheer perfection.
The Full Line-Up
Xavier Ausas
The Tasting
Thanks everyone for coming to this brilliant event, and especially thanks to Xavier for presenting the wines. There’s one more tasting left in this session, The French Walkabout, which should be a really enjoyable evening so don’t miss it. The next schedule is being finalised as we speak and will be posted in the tastings section of the site in the next couple of weeks – check back often.
See the Vega Sicilia tasting page for more information on the tasting and to download the brochure from the night. For more on the wines, see the complete list of everything we have in stock from Vega Sicilia.