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Vega Sicilia on Hispaania prestiižeim veinimõis, mida hellitavalt kutsutakse ka Hispaania “First Growth’iks”. Väga vähestel on nii eriline ajalugu nagu neil. Veinimaja asutati 1864. aastal ja alates 1982. aastast kuulub see Álvarezi perekonnale, kes on mahukate investeeringutega selle veinimõisa täiesti uuele tasemele viinud.

Macán on Vega Sicilia ja Baron Benjamin de Rothschildi (Lafite Rothschild) ühisprojekt Rioja Altas, esimene aastakäik oli 2009. Kaks partnerit ostsid 70lt eri omanikult üle 90 hektari hoolikalt valitud veiniaedu, kus veinipuude vanus on 25-80 aastat. Veiniaiad asuvad San Vicente de la Sonsierras (Rioja Alta), veinivalmistamise meeskond on Vega Siciliast.

Macán on mõisa esivein, 100% Tempranillo, mis laagerdus 16 kuud väikestes tammevaatides (55%) ning suurtes tammevaatides foudres (45%). Enne müügile tulekut puhkas vein pudelis veel 28 kuud. Macán on stiililt väga rikkalik, pehme, väga kergesti joodav. Vein on küps kohe joomiseks, vananemispotentsiaal on 15+ aastat. Valmistatud ca 75.000 pudelit.

“A beautiful, complex nose with creamy spices, cedar, fresh blackberries, red plums, truffles and hints of walnuts and mocha. Medium to full body with multidimensional tannins that are tight as a rock, coating the palate in a linear way, penetrating from the entry to the end with a final thud. Give it three or years to come around. Drink from 2025.” James Suckling 95 points

“The 2018 Macán has moderate alcohol (14%) and more freshness (pH 3.69), reflecting a cooler and rainier year that forced them to fine-tune the sorting and selection of the grapes, which fermented with selected yeasts. The élevage was in barrel (55%) and larger foudres for 16 months. 2018 was quite different from 2019, as it was cooler and rainier. The wine is serious and harmonious, which was a challenge, and winemaker Gonzalo Iturriaga told me that they had to be very careful and sort and select the grapes. It’s textured and elegant, a style that follows the path of the 2016; it’s elegant but with depth, managing the élevage in foudre better, which was a learning process they started in 2016. It was bottled in September 2020. Drink 2023-2030.” Wine Adovcate 94+ points