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Such class on display here. Dark fruited, perfectly ripe and laced with high quality oak. You could suggest the oak presence is obvious but the fruit is going toe to toe. So composed, so lengthy, so good.
Such class on display here. Dark fruited, perfectly ripe and laced with high quality oak. You could suggest the oak presence is obvious but the fruit is going toe to toe. So composed, so lengthy, so good.
Alion is the younger brother of Vega Sicilia, 2012 is still a baby and needs time to show his full potential, based on Temranillo, this Ribera Del Duerro is robust and expressive with an almost black olive color, aromas of berries, red currents, plums, bails and spice, full robust body with dry tannins and lovely acidity, still very tight and the finish is long and dry. My score 89, drink 2018 to 2029, I suggest to visit again in 2022 by then some of the oak would have blended in and tannins will softened.
Alion is the younger brother of Vega Sicilia, 2012 is still a baby and needs time to show his full potential, based on Temranillo, this Ribera Del Duerro is robust and expressive with an almost black olive color, aromas of berries, red currents, plums, bails and spice, full robust body with dry tannins and lovely acidity, still very tight and the finish is long and dry. My score 89, drink 2018 to 2029, I suggest to visit again in 2022 by then some of the oak would have blended in and tannins will softened.
Ample aroma includes black currant and blueberry, much better than 2013 in 2019. Elegant body is same. Well balanced with fruitiness and spiciness. 1 hour, smooth with soft tanning. 2 hours, vanilla, black fruits, concentrated, much smooth. 2012 @3120, Xiaduo, 190524-200918
Ample aroma includes black currant and blueberry, much better than 2013 in 2019. Elegant body is same. Well balanced with fruitiness and spiciness. 1 hour, smooth with soft tanning. 2 hours, vanilla, black fruits, concentrated, much smooth. 2012 @3120, Xiaduo, 190524-200918
Every Alion RdD I've had has been 94-96 & this young 2012 @ £52 will certainly get there but drinking as a 91-92 this young - give 5 years 👍 as a little young!
👄 Med-Full bodied creamed silk blackberry/currant still showing drying tannin
🎯 Medium dry & sweet blackberry finish
Decanted 3 times bottle-decanter-bottle-decanter & 3 hours later still a little closed - better to drink 2020 onwards 😎
Every Alion RdD I've had has been 94-96 & this young 2012 @ £52 will certainly get there but drinking as a 91-92 this young - give 5 years 👍 as a little young!
Call it Baby Unico if you like but this is amazingly good - almost comparable to its big brother for a quarter of the cost. Rich dark berries, firm yet fine tannins, tobacco, violet, baking spice, and a long mineral finish. Very food friendly - my NY Strip agreed.
Call it Baby Unico if you like but this is amazingly good - almost comparable to its big brother for a quarter of the cost. Rich dark berries, firm yet fine tannins, tobacco, violet, baking spice, and a long mineral finish. Very food friendly - my NY Strip agreed.
Ribera del Duero, Castilla y León, Spain
