In Bond Fine Wine. 2013 Vega Sicilia Unico, Ribera del Duero, Castilla y Leon, Spain. Red spain - red in 3x75cl. Top critic score: 97/100 (LG). Drinking window: 2023–2035. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Luis Gutiérrez (LG) — 97/100 · Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com, 31/01/2023 · Drink 2023-2035
I had already tasted the 2013 'nico from magnum in a vertical tasting of all the magnums ever produced and was quite impressed by it (and the still unreleased 2014 that should be available in 2024). 2013 saw a rainy harvest, and the wine is subtle, elegant and fresh, complex, silky and with precision. The wine matured in 225-liter barrels in an initial phase and then in 22,000-liter oak vats unti…
Jane Anson (JA) — 99/100 · Inside Bordeaux, 07/02/2023
Speaking as someone who has tasted many 2013 Bordeaux wines this year, at the 10 Years On point, this is an exceptional example of the vintage, nuanced, compex, light on its feet, singular and utterly delicious. This is what oyster shell salinity means in a wine, so savoury that it has edges of soy, soot, smoke, lightly smoked spice, fattening up to creme de cassis, blackberry pastille and liqour…