Description
2014 – ref : vivino
wine vintage : Very Good
2014 Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5º
€ 190,00
Valbuena is the pure expression of a red at Vega Sicilia, with an ageing of five years from barrel to bottle, which gives it its name, Valbuena 5º (5th year). 225-litre French and American oak barrels, both new and used, 8,500-litre vats are used in a long and complex process for perhaps, the wine which has evolved the most over the last few years.
Valbuena 5º presents its splendor in each vintage and a direct view of the greatness of its soil, where the weather conditions each year make a clear distinction on the vintage.
Thanks to the extraordinary job in the vineyard and ageing in tanks on its second year, today´s Valbuena 5º 2014 is velvety, complex, harmonious. A very fine wine.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Alcohol by volume
14 %
Variety
95% Tinto Fino and 5% Merlot
Average age of vineyard
35 years
Vineyard surface area
210 ha
Planting density
2,222 plants/ha
Altitude
700 m
Yield
3.600 kg/ha
Harvest
Hand-picked in 12-kg cases from September 20th to October 3rd
2014 VINEYARD CYCLE
Mild winter and less rain than usual.
Spring started with higher temperatures than normal in both May and April, bringing forward budding 8 days. Starting mid-May temperatures began to decrease reaching normal values for the time, even particularly cold nights, yet no frost. It was a year of good fruit set where green pruning was very important, working plot per plot to attain optimal balance.
Summer started with moderate temperatures which persist until the end of August and rising higher than the average in September, favoring optimal maturity.
Harvest started September 20th ending October 3rd.
STORAGE, SERVING AND DRINKING WINDOW
This wine is ready to drink now holding a potential ageing window of approximately 20-25 years if kept in ideal conditions: constant temperature of 12-14 ºC and 60% relative humidity.
Optimum drinking temperature is 18 ºC.
PRODUCTION
184,684 Bordeaux bottles, 5,578 Magnum, 388 Double Magnum, 39 Imperial and 3 Salmanazar.
REF – https://www.temposvegasicilia.com/
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