Adam Beasley

9.1

This is all delicate, barely ripe fruit (apple, pear, nectarine, tangerine) with medium+ body and acid, and a finish that just won’t stop. Very pretty - I would have called it Chenin Blanc if I had tasted it blind. — 3 years ago

Marc Ouellette

9.8

Delicious!! Need I say more… — 4 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.0

Wonderful wine. From what I remember, there was an underlying savory/mineral note to it which was next level. — 4 years ago

Mary Rossillo

9.0

Very spicy and herbaceous, with soft tannins and lively acidity. — 6 years ago

Rob B

9.1

Like a silk jacket! @Greg Gregory — 7 years ago

Marshal White

9.1

It's Etna ina light, almost stemmy, and delicious package. The kind of wine I could drink any Tuesday night — 8 years ago

Ted

9.4

I don't know anything about this wine. Recommendation from waiter. Very drinkable now with nice fruit. — 9 years ago

with Jeni

Adam Gäfvert

8.9

Planetas fiano-projekt från sydvästra Sicilien. Gulfruktig och mer exotisk än sina motsvarigheter i Kampanien. Torkade blommor, söta kryddor och allmänt lite rivig trots den något oljiga texturen. — 4 years ago

Peter Sultan

8.9

I wanted this to match a more serious & somber moment, but my last bottle may have been moving out of its grace period: I found the deeper Pinot Noir style volcanic fruit has become more shrill & a one note? perhaps a slightly compromised bottle? Or is it maxed out at 11 years? — 4 years ago

with Owen

Dasha

9.2

Gorgeous buccia di cipolla color. Texture of rosé champagne decanted, pinot meunier. Super delicate, guava, Haribo peach rings, overripe apple, red apple skin tannins. Unico! — 5 years ago

Raushan Adayeva

9.3

I might confused this wine with southern Pino Noir or Nebbiolo from sandy soils. Highly mineral to the nose, silicon burnt grass, gum and strawberry and a lot of fruits. Good tannins , very well balanced and have a potential to grow. Old vines (100yr ) and lava soils, French oak malolactics , fermentation. Vanilla and allspice in secondary fragrances. — 7 years ago

Julie Margolis

9.2

This was an exciting, complex, delish wine. Tart red fruit, great acidity, fine tannins and the perfect amount of forest floor/ herbal/ funk. Bet it would be amazing in a few years. But woops glad I didn't wait — 8 years ago

Bill R

8.9

Rich and spicy. '15 is a bit youthful. Silky mouth feel. Slightly earthy. Cinnamon. Medium tannins. Hard to argue with the $20 price point. Great value. — 9 years ago

Brian S

9.0

This was an amazing wine, great nose of white flowers and citrus with some tropical notes. I think also around 30 a bottle. — 4 years ago

with Ellie

Tom Casagrande

9.2

I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I do, for some reason. Anyway, this is excellent. Very fragrant (with air), showing intense sweet hay, meadow flowers, ginger ale notes, crisp pear, and crushed stone. Intense in the mouth too, but with a weightlessness that is very appealing. Long, minerally, bone dry finish with an almost Muscadet-like quinine thing at the end. — 4 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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Scott Petrus

9.1

Gave this baby a whirl on a whim and it didn’t disappoint. I was scared of it coming from a larger producer but it had depth and nuance. It did need time to open. — 6 years ago

Francisco Figueroa

9.5

Grand wine, loved it. Lots of life, rich with so many layers. I believe it’s still had more age-ability still. — 8 years ago

Thor Bucy

9.7

Best I have had in some time. — 9 years ago

Amy Yan

9.5

Wow. Who knew we would find one of the best bottles on our trip so far at a "hypermarket" selling for €30. Primitivo, I understand to be similar to zin, is one of the two great reds produced in Puglia. Very elegant, easy on the palate and yet held up with red orechiette. — 9 years ago