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from the Vega Sicilia team
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...."
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, Feb 2007
The good news is that the 2003 Alion is even better than the 2002. It has a similar personality but with more depth and concentration as well as structure. The ripe tannins suggest much more will be revealed with another 6-8 years in the bottle. It will drink well for 15+ years thereafter.
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