Vega Sicilia
At Vega Sicilia in Valbuena de Duero, in Ribera del Duero, the Spanish wine legend begins in 1864 with Eloy Lecanda. He brought Bordeaux vines to Castile and joined them with Tinto Fino long before the region became a Denominación de Origen in 1982 and rose to the forefront of Spanish wine.The vineyards lie on the Duero plateau, shaped by a continental climate, hot days, cold nights, limestone, gravel, sand and deep alluvial soils. Tinto Fino forms the backbone, complemented by historic proportions of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Malbec; the cellar philosophy rests on extended time, successive barrel stages and patient bottle ageing.
Vega Sicilia is not a symbol through rarity alone. Its greatness comes from rigour: selected parcels, low yields, uncompromising picking and a style that does more than represent Ribera del Duero. It defines it as a cultural benchmark.
