Vega Sicilia is Ribera del Duero’s most legendary estate, and its wine, Unico, is the stuff that legends are made of – crafted from 45-year-old vines that spend a whopping 66 months in oak.

Since it was established in the 19th Century, Vega Sicilia has had five different owners who have benefited from the schist soils and the region’s high altitude (6- 700 metres) – where cool nights follow hot days to produce a long ripening season. The Alvarez family bought Vega Sicilia in 1982 (the year that the Ribera was made a Denominación de Origen), and the estate now comprises 250 hectares of vines.

The best things in life aren’t always free – and even the winemaker’s name has an exclusive feel to it! But like the car manufacturer, you get what you pay for!

Vega Sicilia's rich, full-bodied 1990 vintage is only just beginning to open up with a cacophony of generously ripe plummy, prune fruits, coffee and baked earth.

"Smooth and rich Spanish red, showing mature notes of coffee, cedar and earth, with a core of plum and prune flavors that builds on the palate, then lingers on the finish. It's firm, yet generous, ripe and balanced." Wine Spectator

"A deep opaque plum/garnet color is accompanied by noticeable sweet toasty oak in the nose along with copious quantities of black cherry and cassis fruit. Extremely youthful, vigorous, and full-bodied, with notes of over-ripeness, low acidity, moderately high tannin, and a full-bodied, layered, concentrated personality." eRobertParker.com