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1965 red wine for sale at Arden Fine Wines in London.
Arden Fine Wines in London offers the 1965 Vega Sicilia Único for sale.
Bodegas Vega Sicilia is a Spanish winery located in the Ribera del Duero Denominación de Origen in the Province of Valladolid, Castile and León (northern Spain).
Initially, it was founded in 1864 by Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves.
Subsequently, he planted various grapes from the Bordeaux wine region of France, including Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.
The winery cultivates many old vines, some over 100 years old, across its 250 acres.
As a result, this means a very low yield during harvest.
In fact, they often harvest less than one ton per acre for the flagship Unico wines.
Since 1982, the Álvarez family, who are members of the Primum Familiae Vini, has owned the winery.
Interestingly, this was the same year that the Ribera del Duero received Denominación de Origen (DO) status.
Vega Sicilia Único 1965
Único serves as the flagship of Vega Sicilia.
The winemakers assemble the Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes in different proportions to perfection in this wine.
Furthermore, each grape variety contributes a unique factor that enhances the wine’s greatness in every vintage.
In the vineyards, the soil nearest the surface consists of fine colluvial deposits from the hillside.
In addition, these contain small fragments of limestone.
Deeper down, the soil is rich in abundant quartz gravel and sandy material.
The surface features many angular limestone boulders.
finally, winemakers create the red wine through controlled fermentation using native yeast in wooden tanks.
They age the wine in various types of barrels, including:
– American and French wood
– New and used 225-litre barrels
– 20,000-litre vats
After aging in barrels, they complete the long and complex process by aging it in the bottle.
Typically, the wine spends six years in wood and four years in the bottle.
1965 red wine for sale at Arden Fine Wines in London.
Arden Fine Wines in London offers the 1965 Vega Sicilia Único for sale.
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