Valbuena 5º 2018

Over de wijn

Valbuena 5º 2018 komt uit de Ribera del Duero, Spanje. De wijngaard waar de druiven geoogst worden voor de Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5º, heeft druivenstokken van gemiddeld 35 jaar oud. De wijngaard ligt op een hoogte van 700m tot 900m.

De Vega Sicilia Valbuena wordt gemaakt van 96% Tinto Fino en 4% Merlot. Deze worden met de hand geplukt en vervolgens zeer streng geselecteerd. Wanneer de persing voltooid is fermenteert het sap met inheemse gisten. Tot slot rijpt de Valbuena 36 maanden op Frans- en Amerikaans eikenhout.

Proefnotitie

Vega Sicilia Valbuena heeft intense geuren van zwarte bosvruchten, cederhout, zoete kruiden, balsamico en vanille. In de mond rijk en complex, sappige fruitnuances, rijpe tannines en een florale en peperige ondertoon.

Wijn & Spijs

Valbuena 2018 is een heerlijke wijn bij krachtigere wildgerechten, rood vlees en lamsrack.

Recensie

"The 2018 Valbuena comes from a cooler vintage with good yields that required sorting and selecting in search of a happy and vertical version of Valbuena, pushing a little more and giving the wine a little more oak, especially American (5%). It was produced with 96% Tinto Fino and 4% Merlot that went through a three- to four-day cold soak and fermented with indigenous yeasts followed by malolactic in stainless steel. The élevage was in new and used 225-liter oak barrels and 21,000-liter oak vats. It has 14.5% alcohol and a pH of 3.8 and 4.78 grams of acidity (tartaric), so it's ripe and with mellow acidity that gives it a mellow mouthfeel. This is a very spicy vintage for Valbuena, getting closer to the style of Único (while at the same time I felt the 2018 Pintia from Toro was getting closer to the aromatics of some vintages of Valbuena, like 2010). It was a late-ripening year with a tendency toward freshness in the wines. The palate is medium to full-bodied, with very fine tannins that made the wine nicely textured and very elegant. There is a lot of regularity in the Valbuena of the last few years, here with more tension and freshness of the 2017, a little more balsamic even. 180,580 bottles, 5,528 magnums and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in May 2021."
Robert Parker: 96/100

"Deep and complex, with fresh black and blue fruit and an attractive floral and peppery note to this vintage, followed by hints of cedar, sweet spice and vanilla. Very dusty and juicy on the palate, with mealy, powdery tannins that interweave with the fruit. A Valbuena 5 that you can appreciate earlier."
James Suckling: 96/100