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.

---
Instagram: @win_talks_club — 6 years ago

David

9.3

Nice smooth rueda, — 7 years ago

Cristóbal Arellano Borges

8.9

B O B A L, Y’all — 8 years ago

Mirelsa Modestti

9.3

Red fruit has never been as regal. The visual experience is bathed in red elegance. A hint of licorice in the nose, followed by an explosion of berries all over the place, and then the most beautiful silk as it fades into a long, subtle farewell. A beautiful surprise every time. — 9 years ago

David Jacobs

9.1

Outstanding. Refined, balanced and ready to drink. 2003 in 12/16. — 10 years ago

Francis Huicq

9.1

Embryonic... — 10 years ago

Nick

8.9

Obrigado to Jośe! Keeping up with the tradition of keeping Douro wines affordable and superior quality. — 11 years ago

Eric Crane

Sommelier & Educator Empire Wine Distributors

9.0

2013 #quenchy — 11 years ago

Floyden Mugford

10

100 garnacha gorgeous deliciousness — 12 years ago

Michael White

9.9

Fantastic wine with lindsey — 14 years ago

Naoki Otani

9.0

12.26.2019 — 7 years ago

Richard Salat

9.0

Edeka? Ausgezeichnet. Auf jeden Fall wieder kaufen — 7 years ago

Susi Steiner

8.9

Fr, 7.12.2018: AGK @ Marlies+Marcel — 8 years ago

Jayson Noland

9.3

Post tapas in Vegas — good stuff — 8 years ago

Chris Iavarone

9.0

Frenchman — 9 years ago

Danny Rivera

9.3

One of my favorite Syrah for under $20 — 10 years ago

Allison Loeffler

9.8

Beautiful jam explosion. — 11 years ago

Jake Gale

9.4

Fruity, light, and not that dry. A really enjoyable and easy wine from a tapas restaurant in Brighton. — 11 years ago

Nick Davis

9.4

Super cool. — 11 years ago

Alexandre Hebra

9.2

A very good Tempranillo, just let it air a bit before enjoying it. — 12 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Made by Vega sicilia. Cool. Interesting. Very slightly oxidative. Has that furmint acidity. Mineral. Nice — 7 years ago

Natalie Logsdon

9.1

Pretty good. Grenache and syrah. 2011 vintage. — 7 years ago

Kristin the Wine Girl

9.1

Steely, mineralized apricot and the Cote Rotie style you expect on viognier. Clean, floral and crisp palatation. — 8 years ago

Olga Liamkina

9.5

The best wine from Spain ever! Peppery and expressive — 8 years ago

Shelby Blecker

9.0

Nice flavors — 10 years ago

Alisa

9.1

Delicious summer rose! Crisp dry yummy! — 10 years ago

Oscar Lopez

9.1

Tenpranillo 90%, Syrah 10% y 16 meses de barrica. Otro gran vino fuera de las D.O. 30 años en Vega Sicilia de Mariano García es más que garantía. R. Parker 92.
— 11 years ago

Milissa Roberson

9.5

Milissa had this 11 years ago

William Burrows

9.2

Wonderful Spanish red...full of flavor, but still smooth and enjoyable on its own. — 12 years ago

RJ Malley

9.1

I like a bit of pepper in my wine. Opens up well. — 12 years ago