1992 Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5
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Spain's most consistently great winery continues to turn out exciting wines. The less expensive 1992 Valbuena exhibits an evolved dark plum color, and a delightfully smoky, tarry, charcoal, and caramel-scented nose with plenty of jammy black cherry and currant fruit. Ripe, fruity, round, and velvety-textured, this is an opulent, lush, soft wine to drink now and over the next decade. Importer: A Christopher Cannan Selection, Europvin USA, Watertown, MA; tel. (617) 924-7620
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Robert Parker
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Good deep red. Complex, maturing aromas of redcurrant, mocha, tar, cedar, smoke, meat, iron and tobacco. Intensely flavored and initially quite dry-edged, like a maturing St. Julien, but showed a lusher texture and lovely sweet fruit with extended aeration. A strong effort for the vintage.
About the producer
Vega Sicilia is undoubtably Spain’s most famous winery; a true icon in fine wine with a history dating back to 1864.