Vega Sicilia Unico 1982: A majestic wine
Vega Sicilia's Unico has been one of my absolute favourite classic stars expressing a tremendous capacity to evolve over time. This unfolds in the glass offering beautiful tertiary aromatics, managing at the same time to retain a solid core of primary fruitiness.
It is beyond any doubt that Unico clearly rewards cellaring yet during a sixteen vintages vertical in Athens few months ago, I was impressed as well by both the current 2005 release which sings of greatness and the previous release of 2007. These two examples showcase that Unico has possibly started to become approachable at an earlier stage.
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