Vega Sicilia is one of the most highly regarded-and unusual-wines on the planet.
Vega Sicilia (vay'-gah see-see'-l'yah)
A Spanish wine that is very famous, among a select few. Vega Sicilia Unico which is often aged for decades before bottling, sells for prices that rival the finest Bordeaux or Burgundies.
The wines of Alejandro Fernández and Vega-Sicilia, thanks to their quality, attracted the interest of consumers in Ribera del Duero and other producers began to invest money on the production of wine.
Mariano García was the winemaker at Vega-Sicilia. He is partner and winemaker at this small bodega just outside of the Duero. García has since gone on to start a new bodega in Toro, an emerging DO to the east down the Duero river towards Portugal.
Despite Rioja's reputation, it is in fact the Ribera del Duero that is home to Spain's most expensive wine, produced by Vega Sicilia.
Challenging Rioja (below) for the title of Spain's greatest red wine, these Tempranillo-based reds -- particularly the fabled Vega Sicilia -- can last and improve for decades.
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Wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr. has named the following as Spain's greatest estates: Artadi, Clos Erasmus, Alvardo Palacios, Tinto Pesquena, Dominio de Pingus, and Bodega Vega Sicilia.
 See also: Red Wine, Spain, Red, Wine, Region
  
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