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.
Jul 31st, 2017
I believe the bottle was compromised before I bought it ( got it in 2016 appx). The wine was poor, completely out of expectations for an Alion…
I believe the bottle was compromised before I bought it ( got it in 2016 appx). The wine was poor, completely out of expectations for an Alion…
Dec 31st, 2023
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
May 24th, 2019
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!
🍷Purple ruby red
👃 Sweet & spicy blackberry with developing woody & smokey forest floor tones
👄 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!
🍷Purple ruby red
👃 Sweet & spicy blackberry with developing woody & smokey forest floor tones
👄 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 😎
Dec 19th, 2017
Ribera del Duero, Castilla y León, Spain
