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2012 Bodegas Alión, Ribera del Duero, Spain

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Tempranillo
Luis Gutiérrez
95/100
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2012 Bodegas Alión, Ribera del Duero, Spain

Description

Alión was the first 100 percent Tinto Fino wine aged in 100 percent new oak in Ribera del Duero.. and where the mighty Vega Sicilia lead, others follow……and the style is now very popular in the DO, but, unsurprisingly, seldom equalled. Exuberant fruit and age-worthy restraint go hand in hand; the 2012 is a cornucopia of violets, damson, black olive and toasty oak… less flamboyant than some of its forebears ( 2009 being an example), maybe, but still with plenty of matière and an impressively structured finish.
Simon Field, MW - Wine Buyer
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Alcohol % 14.5
Grape List Tempranillo
Body Full Bodied
Property Bodegas Alion

Critics reviews

Luis Gutiérrez 95/100
2012 has to be one of the best recent vintages of Alin. This 2012 Alin is pure Tempranillo from vineyards averaging 25 to 30 years of age, harvested at the end of September and matured for 14 months in new French oak barrels. The nose is much more elegant than the Pintia from Toro (I tasted them together), still very fresh and primary but with a special brightness of fruit, shiny cherries, raspberries, something effervescent, open and somehow exuberant. The palate is quite round, much more polished, with some notes of dark chocolate, some subtle volatility, elegant, fresh and long. It has the balance and stuffing to develop nicely in bottle. Superb balance, Ribera character, clean, modern classic. 280,000 bottles were produced.Luis Gutirrez - 30/10/2015
Luis Gutiérrez, RobertParker.com (Oct 2015)

About this wine

Tempranillo/Tinto Fino

A high quality red wine grape that is grown all over Spain except in the hot South - it is known as Tinto Fino in Ribera del Duero, Cencibel in La Mancha and Valdepenas and Ull de Llebre in Catalonia. Its spiritual home is in Rioja and Navarra where it constitutes around 70% of most red blends.

Bodegas Alion

Bodegas Alión was formed in 1986, owned by but run separately to its neighbour, the great Vega Sicilia. This 85-hectare wine estate was founded by the Álvarez family (who also own the Toro estate Bodegas Pintia) to provide a modern expression of Ribera del Duero. The wine is made with 35 hectares around the winery, as well as a further 50 hectares dedicated to Alión within the historic Vega Sicilia vineyards. Unlike Vega Sicilia, where we find a merging of traditional and modern winemaking techniques, Alión is made using state-of-the-art equipment. Forward and uncompromising, these are wines with impressive frames and show an alternative side of Tinto Fino (Tempranillo).

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