Stephen Osgood

9.7

actually like this better than Unico.,.more fruit, less oak — a month ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.5

Forget my previous post on this bottle. Ageing gave it the surplus I was expecting from a Riserva. Absolutely terrific — 8 months ago

Craig Matthews

9.1

Light, dry, peppery. Quite nice — 10 months ago

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9.4

The 2020 Gattinara is elegant and lifted. Crushed red berry fruit, cinnamon and orange peel grace this ethereal, nuanced Gattinara. Bright saline notes and sweet red-toned fruit build into the long, persistent finish. Understated and silky, the 2020 is exquisite. All this needs is a few years to soften. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, January 2024)
— 2 years ago

Daniel Sullivan

9.0

Translucent garnet with a bit of oranging.
Floral nose with red currant and raspberry fruit.
Light bodied, upright acidity and astringency giving way to velvet tannins. Probably has another 10 years before peaking. — 4 years ago

Daniel Ciolek

9.0

Light crisp — 5 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.2

🏅 Rating 92+/100 (4,25⭐)

Tobacco leaf. Full of red and some black berries. Tanins are ripe, granular. Oaky. Midpalate fruit.

Powerful 100% Tempranilio. Alion is owned by Alvarez family. Just 12km away from Vega Sicilia, which belongs to the same family.

Top quality wine that can compete with Valbuena 5°, but made in a slightly more modern style.

That's not the first time I open this vintage of Alion. Now it feels more tight. Needs more bottle aging. I strongly recommend some aeration before serving this wine. Maybe leave it for a good couple of hours in wide decanter.

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Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2021 pours a bright garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with fabulous notes of wild raspberries, Morello cherry, freshly cut roses, cedar chest, orange zest, alpine herbs and rocky earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium+. This is really beautiful stuff. The nose alone positively slays. Drink now through 2041. Thanks for the assist @Lyle Fass — a month ago

Anthony De Blasi

9.4

Excellent showing. In balance! I think I’m starting to like the Starderi above their Ca Nova Ciabot — 9 months ago

Jason Bowman

10

Very good dry Lambrusco — a year ago

Byron Hewett

9.2

Really good. Fresh and fruity. Easy to drink. — 3 years ago

Ming L

9.6

A friend surprised me with this latest vintage release Unico, after we had the Valbuena of the same vintage earlier in the day.
A glorious wine from start to finish. Everything I expected from a wine of this caliber. And we were only scratching the surface. — 4 years ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.6

Beautiful enticing aromatics with some dark fruit (more red than black), a bit of kirsch, wet earth, leather, tobacco leaf and a exotic spice box. Evolved yet surprisingly fresh!
Quite light on the palate yet with a lot of character & presence, aetheric and airy yet with power & precision. Brilliant energy & elegance with lively acidity and mellowed, ultra fine tannins.
This is a meditation wine - I could sit with a glass of this the whole evening!
A grand unforgettable wine! — 5 years ago

Alan Snitow

9.3

Really good — 6 months ago

Alex Gordon

9.2

Incredible bouquet but took a long time to open up and for the mineral and acid to mellow. Smooth and gentle when it finally did. Would only go for cellared bottles. — 6 months ago

Dorotea Elisabet

9.0

Minimal tannin, delicious with food, easy to drink — a year ago

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9.7

From Vanderbilt Ave. again. Cherry/pomegranate cola! 🍷 — 3 years ago

Kelley Raymond

8.9

A bit dry but still really enjoyed the flavor and finish, and a decent value — 3 years ago

Paco Suro

9.1

Great Arinto. The Azores. Love it! — 4 years ago

August Alondra Davies

9.4

We didn’t drink last night and we don’t have any orange juice, but we ARE enjoying this now!
Happy New Year!!! — 5 years ago