Bodegas y Viñedos Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5° Ribera del Duero Tempranillo Blend 2009

Paco Suro

Terrific.

Adam Crane

Barely budged from youth

Daniel McGeough

Yum

Rachel Macalisang

Lead Sommelier - The Bazaar by José Andrés

Always love to sling this #magnum of #vegasicilia #valbuena. #thegreatest #magnumsshowyoucare

Charlie Abbott

Sommelier Casa Mono

Layers of lacquered oak as only Vega can do. Pruny fruit indicating the grapes didn't escape the heat of the vintage

Wojciech Bońkowski

Bloger bonkowshi.me

1st vintage without Malbec (“wasn't adding anything to the wine.”) Approachable now but I'd hold it 5y.

Tom Kobylarz

95% Tinto Fino (#tempranillo) 3% Cabernet Sauvignon 2% Merlot and in the past sometimes 1% Malbec when it was worth adding (currently does not exist as it was recently uprooted). Typically 180k bottles of production. Red garnet core with an edge of ruby. Elegant red fruits, earth, mushroom and a beam of clean and well integrated oak. Palate is juicy, fresh with excellent acidity and ripe and fine, but firm medium-full grain tannins. #vegasicilia #valbuena

Alex Alan

Wine Director Hotel Delmano

2009. No surprises here. The usual beast style from Vega. Drink it if you love it.

Adam Plotkin

Stunning! Tied the 99 Salon for wine of the night.

Nick Apone

2009 Vintage. Olive, leather, coconut, and dill on the nose. Soft and silky but focused. The palate gives anise, milk chocolate, coffee, cherry, vanilla & toast. Sounds crazy, but it's all there. Lighter, much more playful version of the Unico.