Bodegas Vega Sicilia Valbuena 5 2020

A wine that shows us the splendour of each vintage based on the wisdom of the past and the wealth of the present.

A mellow, passionate and living style that year after year, challenge after challenge, harvest after harvest reinterprets its style to keep its essence intact.

Valbuena, is the purest expression of the Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) in Vega Sicilia. Tinto Fino is clearly the predominant wine in the assemblage of the varieties that make up this magnificent wine. The other variety used is Merlot, which is added to a greater or lesser extent depending on the vintage.

The Valbuena Tempranillo is obtained from plots located on gentle concave slopes that descend from the wasteland. Those soils are made up of material that was eroded and accumulated as colluvial on the lower slopes, developing a high profile soil, with a specific important evolution with the formation of a deep calcic horizon.

Valbuena provides us with a direct and understandable view of the greatness of this "terroir" with the direct influence of each vintage. Its production remains unchanged meaning that it is each year's weather factors that mark the differences between the different harvests.

Fermentation at a controlled temperature with native yeast in stainless steel tanks. Malolactic fermentation also takes place in stainless steel.

After fermentation, it is aged for five years, between wood and in the bottle, which is why it is called Valbuena 5º. French and American wood, new and used 225-litre barrels, 20,000 litre vats, a long and complex process for a great wine.
Valbuena 5º is Vega Sicilia's purest red wine expression. Its ageing, five years in oak and bottle, gives the wine its name: Valbuena 5º.

Two extraordinary events marked 2020, a year we will never forget. On the one hand, Covid forced us to adapt to the new circumstances and introduce protective measures we had never needed before, but it also strengthened our team spirit enormously.

On the other hand, the heavy rainfall before the harvest changed our forecasts. In this vintage it was essential to be vigilant in the vineyard, tasting and monitoring the grapes to check their concentration after the dilution caused by the rain.

Valbuena 5º 2020 is a more ethereal, elegant and subtle expression. Delicate, but also rich and profound. A real pleasure.