Organic

"Valbuena 5 Año", Vega Sicilia - 2019

Name: "Valbuena 5 Año", Vega Sicilia
Brand: Vega Sicilia
SKU: 35420
Price: 274.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 35420 750 mL

Made from 94% Tinto Fino and Merlot. The grapes were fermented with native yeasts in a combination of French and American oak vats of varying size. Aged for 3 years before being bottled. A perfumed, gorgeous red wine from Spain's top producer.

$274.99/ Single Bottle

$1649.94 $1484.95/ Case of 6

You Save 10%

Check Availability

Free shipping on first web orders over $299

available for pickup within the next three hours

Color

Red

Vintage

2019

Country

Spain

Region

Ribera del Duero

Producer

Vega Sicilia

Grape Variety

Tempranillo

Production Methods

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

Need Help Deciding? Get personal recommendations from our staff

Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

Tempranillo

A.k.a. Cencibel. Just about synonymous with Spanish wine, the red Tempranillo grape has now fully won over the hearts and minds of critics and amateur oenophiles all over the world. The best bottles are powerful and ageworthy, and are beginning to fetch prices you'd never have expected from Spanish wines just a few years ago. Tempranillo is often used in blends with Bordeaux grapes such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot, and has lately been grown with considerable success outside of Spain, in...

Ribera del Duero

This region is home to perhaps the most famed and acclaimed Spanish wine in history, the incomparable Vega Sicilia. Indeed for the better part of the twentieth century, Vega Sicilia was the single most expensive wine in Spain and, largely, the country’s major claim to fame on the international market. It wasn’t until 1972 that other winemakers began to creep into the region, but now the Ribera del Duero is home to a wealth of fabulous Tempranillo based wines that consistently garner critical...