Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5

92/100 PP The 2007 Valbuena is rounded and warmer than the 2006 with lush dark berry fruits interlaced with scents of espresso and bay leaf. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, crisp acidity with a composed, focused finish of black cherries, raspberry, cedar and mocha. The 2007 has great precision and focus. It is more feminine and assured than the 2006, but one senses that it is holding something back to charm consumers in five or six year’s time. This is very impressive. Drink 2017-2030. (Neal Martin, robertparker.com) Valbuena, is the purest expression of the Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) in Vega Sicilia. Tinto Fino is clearly the predominant wine in the assemblage of the varieties that make up this magnificent wine. The other variety used is Merlot, which is added to a greater or lesser extent depending on the vintage. The Valbuena Tempranillo is obtained from plots located on gentle concave slopes that descend from the wasteland. Those soils are made up of material that was eroded and accumulated as colluvial on the lower slopes, developing a high profile soil, with a specific important evolution with the formation of a deep calcic horizon. Valbuena provides us with a direct and understandable view of the greatness of this terroir with the direct influence of each vintage. Its production remains unchanged meaning that it is each year's weather factors that mark the differences between the different harvests. (Vega Sicilia)
18 Monate in 500l-Fässern, anschließend weitere 18 Monate in neuen und gebrauchten Barriques aus amerikanischer und französischer Eiche, danach 24 Monate Flaschenreife und abschließend die Freigabe ab dem 5. Jahr nach der Ernte
Bewertung Jahrgang: ****/*****, Bewertung robertparker.com: 92/100, Bewertung Daniel Nussbaum: 93/100