Vega Sicilia, Unico Vintage:2011 Readers will have to be

Readers will have to be patient with the 2016

I gave it a couple of extra days open to be sure just how lovely it was

pure and broad-ranging nose is composed of very fresh

with a soft smokiness and olive notes

the wine ends with a sweet

Vega Sicilia, Unico Vintage:2011 Readers will have to beThe great eternal Unico, with a touch of extra fruitiness and spiciness. Made after very long ageing in different oak vats and barrels, from selected plots (including 6% Cabernet Sauvignon) within Vega Sicilias estate, in the (rightly named) Unico method (72 months oak). Probably too young now, it should ideally not be opened in the next 10 years. Spains flagship, and very difficult for me to taste without passion.