Valbuena 5°
⏳ Drinking Window
2025 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Roasted lamb, grilled ribeye steak, aged Manchego cheese
✨ Technical Specifications
The 2018 Valbuena 5° is produced from a blend of approximately 96% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) and 4% Merlot, sourced from vines grown on clay-limestone slopes and alluvial terraces in the Ribera del Duero region. The 2018 growing season was characterized by a cooler, wetter spring followed by a warm summer, yielding a vintage defined by freshness, elegance, and balanced acidity. In accordance with its traditional five-year aging process, the wine was aged in a combination of new and used French and American oak barrels, as well as large wooden vats, before finishing its maturation in the bottle.
🍾 About the Producer
Founded in 1864 by Don Eloy Lecanda y Chaves in Valbuena de Duero within Spain's Ribera del Duero region, Vega Sicilia stands as one of the most legendary and revered wine estates in the world. Acquired by the Álvarez family in 1982, the winery has steadfastly preserved its heritage of meticulous viticulture and aristocratic winemaking, harmonizing indigenous Tinto Fino (Tempranillo) with Bordeaux varietals. Renowned for exceptionally long barrel and bottle aging regimens that often span a decade or more before release, the estate crafts complex, long-lived masterworks. Its flagship cuvées, including the iconic Único, the multi-vintage Único Reserva Especial, and Valbuena 5°, remain timeless benchmarks of Spanish winemaking excellence.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Tempranillo (Tinto Fino min 75%), Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec