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2019 Bodegas Alión, Ribera del Duero, Spain

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Tempranillo
Not ready
Tim Atkin MW
94/100
Product: 20191130429
2019 Bodegas Alión, Ribera del Duero, Spain

Description

This is a majestically powerful wine with a wonderful bouquet of complex black and red fruits alongside lovely notes of clove and toast. On the palate, there’s an explosion of dark fruit complexity which envelops your mouth, nestled around a firm but silky structure and nicely balanced by great freshness. The finish is incredibly long, lingering and immensely satisfying.

Drink 2028 - 2040

Hugo Dale, Account Manager, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2019
Maturity Not ready
Grape List Tempranillo
Body Full Bodied
Producer Bodegas Alion

Critics reviews

Tim Atkin MW 94/100
Alión is a pan-Ribera blend, using grapes spread over 70 hectares, principally in the Burgos villages of La Aguilera, Moradillo de Roa and Roa. Aged in a combination of concrete and 70% new French and 5% American oak, this was picked early to counter the heat of the vintage. It's bright, focused and acid-driven, with scented wood and blueberry and black cherry fruit. Will age gracefully for a decade or more.Drink 2024-35Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com
Drink 2024 - 2035
Tim Atkin MW, timatkin.com

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.
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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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