Vega Sicilia, Unico, Spain, 2010

Varietals: 94% Tinto Fino, 6% Cabernet Sauvignon

Average age of vineyards: 35 years

Year bottled: June 2016

From the 1,000 hectares which composes the Vega Sicilia estate, 200 are used for wine growing, coexisting 19 soil types divided into 57 plots containing very specific characteristics. The influence of the Duero River's flow and the passage of time have been vital in developing these soils.

40 of these hectares are used to produce Unico, with at least ten years of ageing, in both barrel and bottle, considered to be one of the world's longest. French and American 225-litre oak barrels, new and used, 20,000-litre tanks; a long and complex process, that makes these wines outstanding when released and eternal when aged.

2010 VINEYARD CYCLE

The cycle of the vineyard began with some delay due to spring frost in the month of May, but gradually, and after the strong winds of early June, the vineyard began to recover thanks to good weather conditions in late June and July.

During the beginning of summer, almost all plots were within average for the region. The soil´s wonderful water reserve, along good sunlight exposure, good thermal amplitude in the month of August and the end of maturation in September, lead to slow ripening of the grapes, completing the entire natural plant cycle providing great fruit concentration and ripe tannin.

This vintage will go down in history.