Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Feb 2007
While 2002 was a lesser vintage, you would
never know it from tasting the 2002 Alion. Saturated purple in color, it
offers up an exotic nose of coconut, espresso, herbs, black currants and
cherries. Rich and complex on the palate with lots of glycerin and layers
of black fruit flavors, it has a pure, long finish that goes on and on.
94 points
Tinto y Blanco, Adventures in Spanish Wine Webblog
"...Alion is a wine that truly speaks
of it origin, ages and develops into a glorious wine and has set a very
high bar for modern Tempranillo based wine from Ribera del Duero.... It
screams Ribera del Duero Tempranillo with ripe fruit, fullness and structure.
It can have a very sweet fruit component in some vintages, but it is by
no means a fruit bomb, it is full of flavour and a savoury finish....
it just seems to get better and better as time goes on and great wine seems
to be produced regardless of the vintage...."
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