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Bodegas y Vinedos 'Alion' Tempranillo 2009
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Wine Advocate 93
"The 2009 Alion, pure Tempranillo aged in French oak, has had the benefit of a couple more years in bottle than the 2011 and shows more nuances, more restraint and a more serious aroma profile. It’s also a ripe year, with notes of plums and shy violets, the oak well-integrated into the wine. The palate is full-bodied with abundant, fine-grained tannins and a velvety, juicy texture, with good extraction and stuffing: I think ... read more
"The 2009 Alion, pure Tempranillo aged in French oak, has had the benefit of a couple more years in bottle than the 2011 and shows more nuances, more restraint and a more serious aroma profile. It’s also a ripe year, with notes of plums and shy violets, the oak well-integrated into the wine. The palate is full-bodied with abundant, fine-grained tannins and a velvety, juicy texture, with good extraction and stuffing: I think ... read more
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Wine Advocate 93
"The 2009 Alion, pure Tempranillo aged in French oak, has had the benefit of a couple more years in bottle than the 2011 and shows more nuances, more restraint and a more serious aroma profile. It’s also a ripe year, with notes of plums and shy violets, the oak well-integrated into the wine. The palate is full-bodied with abundant, fine-grained tannins and a velvety, juicy texture, with good extraction and stuffing: I think this will be longer lived than the 2011. They have different styles – this is classier, and 2011 is more exuberant – but they are both at a similar quality level. 320,000 bottles produced. Drink now-2021." ~ LG
Stephen Tanzer 93
"Opaque ruby. Ripe cherry, dark berries and oak spice on the highly perfumed nose. Fleshy and sweet, offering intense blackberry and cherry-cola flavors that put on weight and become spicier with air. Finishes smooth and expansive, with a smoky nuance and youthfully chewy tannins. This powerful yet lithe wine boasts excellent focus and dark fruit intensity. " ~JR
Wine Information:
-100% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
-Grapes come from vineyards next to the winery, and from Vega Sicilia's own vineyards at Valbuena
-Grapes come from vineyards next to the winery, and from Vega Sicilia's own vineyards at Valbuena
-The bedrock is schist and the topsoil is chalk-dominated
-Average age of the vines: 20 years
-Approx. 300,000 bottles per year
About:
Bodegas Alion, owned by the legendary Vega Sicilia estate, was founded in 1986. The first vintage to be commercialized was 1991. The wine made here is a more Bordeaux-styled, "modern" wine than the Unico or Valbuena. Pablo Alvarez, managing director of Vega Sicilia, calls Alion "a wine somewhere between a Ribera del Duero and a Medoc in style".
The winery is located just down the road from Vega Sicilia and the wine is made from 100% tempranillo from 85 hectares that were planted in 1986 in addition to younger vines planted at Vega Sicilia.
"The 2009 Alion, pure Tempranillo aged in French oak, has had the benefit of a couple more years in bottle than the 2011 and shows more nuances, more restraint and a more serious aroma profile. It’s also a ripe year, with notes of plums and shy violets, the oak well-integrated into the wine. The palate is full-bodied with abundant, fine-grained tannins and a velvety, juicy texture, with good extraction and stuffing: I think this will be longer lived than the 2011. They have different styles – this is classier, and 2011 is more exuberant – but they are both at a similar quality level. 320,000 bottles produced. Drink now-2021." ~ LG
Stephen Tanzer 93
"Opaque ruby. Ripe cherry, dark berries and oak spice on the highly perfumed nose. Fleshy and sweet, offering intense blackberry and cherry-cola flavors that put on weight and become spicier with air. Finishes smooth and expansive, with a smoky nuance and youthfully chewy tannins. This powerful yet lithe wine boasts excellent focus and dark fruit intensity. " ~JR
Wine Information:
-100% Tinto Fino (Tempranillo)
-Grapes come from vineyards next to the winery, and from Vega Sicilia's own vineyards at Valbuena
-Grapes come from vineyards next to the winery, and from Vega Sicilia's own vineyards at Valbuena
-The bedrock is schist and the topsoil is chalk-dominated
-Average age of the vines: 20 years
-Approx. 300,000 bottles per year
About:
Bodegas Alion, owned by the legendary Vega Sicilia estate, was founded in 1986. The first vintage to be commercialized was 1991. The wine made here is a more Bordeaux-styled, "modern" wine than the Unico or Valbuena. Pablo Alvarez, managing director of Vega Sicilia, calls Alion "a wine somewhere between a Ribera del Duero and a Medoc in style".
The winery is located just down the road from Vega Sicilia and the wine is made from 100% tempranillo from 85 hectares that were planted in 1986 in addition to younger vines planted at Vega Sicilia.
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