from selected plots (including 6% Cabernet Sauvignon) within Vega Sicilia’s estate

this is not to say that it is an elegant wine though it is less youthfully austere than I typically find with this wine

There is excellent volume to the medium-bodied and admirably concentrated flavors yet this is not really a powerful wine so much as it is focused and harmonious

This is aromatically quite similar to the Clos Village though the fruit is slightly denser and that sense of better density is confirmed by the bigger

Powerful red berry liqueur

Krug, Clos d'Ambonnay other_regions from selected plots (including 6%Krugs 1996 Clos dAmbonnay comes across as quite nuanced and understated, with precise, crystalline fruit and tons of detail. Antonio Galloni