The Wines of Vega Sicilia
The Wines of Vega Sicilia
Mon Jun 02 05:00:57 EDT 2008
The history of Vega-Sicilia began in 1848, when Basque landowner Don Toribio Lecanda met the bankrupt Marques de Valbuena and bought a 2,000 hectare estate. Don Toribio’s son later brought in 18,000 young vines of Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenere, Malbec, Merlot and Pinot Noir from France to begin the vineyard.
Early wines were sold [...] 
