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Spec sheet

TypeRed wine
Region
Grapes
Producer
AllergensContains sulfites
Alcohol contenti14.5%
Production53,500 bottles

The wine

The first wine of the new project embarked upon by Benjamin de Rothschild and Vega-Sicilia in Rioja territory, specifically in San Vicente. In fact, the name of this wine, as well as that of their second wine, comes from the word which is used colloquially to refer to the inhabitants of San Vicente de la Sonsierra.

Along the same lines as the Bordeaux tradition, this new winery produces two wines, one that is more powerful and complex, Macán, and the other more accessible.

Macán is made from the grapes of Tempranillo vines aged between 35 and 90 years old and afterwards undergoes 15-17 months of ageing in French oak. It is a wine of rare elegance, powerful, elegant and expressive, with velvety tannins and a unique characteristic, its minerality.

What does this wine taste like?

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Picota cherry red / Ruby-red rim
Bouquet
Powerful / Ready to eat fruit / Clean / Expressive / Elegant / Ripe red fruit
Mouth
Robust / Velvety tannins / Mineral notes / Flavoursome / Good acidity / Long

Drinking and storing

Serve between 16ºC and 18ºC

Ratings and awards

201994 PK
201894+ PK95 SK
201793 PK95 PN93 SK
201694+ PK95 PN
201593+ PK96 PN95 SK
201494 PK
PK: ParkerPN: PeñínSK: Suckling

Wine critics reviewsReviews by Parker

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. 74,570 bottles, 2557 magnums and some larger formats produced. It was bottled in September 2020.

— Luis Gutiérrez (31/01/2023)Robert Parker Wine Advocate Vintage 2018 - 94+ PARKER

Customer reviews

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Winemaking

Ageing periodBetween 14 and 18 months
Barrel ageNew and one wine
Type of woodFrench oak

Vineyards

Vine age40 years
ClimateContinental with Atlantic influence
YieldsLow yields
Surface area90.00 hectares

The winery

Benjamin de Rothschild - Vega Sicilia

Benjamin de Rothschild - Vega Sicilia

This winery is the product of a joint venture between Benjamin Rothschild (President of the financial group LCF Rothschild, co-owner of Château Lafite, a multifaceted devotee of the wines on which he collaborates too in South Africa with the Rupert family in South Africa, and in Argentina with Michel Rolland and Laurent Dassault) and the Álvarez family, owners of the emblematic Bodegas Vega Sicilia. They own over 100 hectares, which are mostly located in the...

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