Vega Sicilia Alión 2020 Ribera del Duero - Magnum
In 1992 nam de familie Alvarez, eigenaren van Vega Sicilia, het naastgelegen Alión over. In eerste instantie was het de bedoeling om hier een ‘tweede wijn’ te gaan maken, maar de familie kwam er al vrij snel achter dat Alión veel méér dan een tweede wijn was en dat zij opnieuw goud in handen hadden.
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'Veel méér dan een tweede wijn'
Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate
95/100 punten
2020 was drier than average until the harvest, when it rained and diluted the grapes, and they had to wait to regain concentration. The result is that the 2020 Alión is a wine with better balance and freshness. They felt the skins were very ripe and they could extract more and use a little more American oak (4%) in the élevage. From 2019, they kept the press wine separate until June, and they keep separate quantities of press wines that are aged in different containers depending on the quality of the wine. They used a percentage of concrete and oak vats for the élevage, which gives the wine more verticality and freshness. It's a subtle and elegant Alión, not as dense as some other vintages, but with nice balance and very elegant tannins. In 2020, they produced 285,485 bottles of this wine, 7,115 magnums and some larger formats. It was bottled in May 2022.
Alión started using oak foudres for the élevage of the wine in the 2020 vintage, the one released in 2024.
James Suckling
94/100 punten
There’s a finesse and polish to this red with blackberries, black olives, iron and terra-cotta. Medium to full body, with slightly chewy tannins and a savory finish. It will soften nicely with time. Try after 2025.