The Alión 2007 is elaborated with 100% Tinto Fino. Elegant wine with the quality of all Vega Sicilia wines.
Tasting notes: Cherry red colour. Nose: fruity aromas with floral and woody hints. Mouth: powerful, rich and fruity.
What the critics say...
Robert Parker: 94 points(01/06/2011)
The 2007 Alion continues the winery’s string of outstanding vintages. It is 100% Tempranillo with malolactic fermentation in barrel followed by aging in new French oak. It offers up an exceptionally fragrant and complex bouquet of wood smoke, pencil lead, exotic spices, incense, lavender, and blackberry. On the palate it displays impressive volume, a smooth texture, layered flavors, and a lengthy, seamless finish. This impressive effort will continue to blossom for several more years and provide much pleasure through 2027.
Proensa Guide: 95 points
Peñin Guide: 93 points(01/01/2011)
Dark cherry colour. Aroma: fine cocoa, complex, elegant, fruity. Palate: good acidity, complex, fresh, powerful, rich, fine tannins
Pairing: Beef, Game Animals, Grilled Red Meats, Roasts, Stews.
The Alión story began in 1986, when the Álvarez family decided to create a winery which, with its own vineyards, was to produce a wine with a philosophy and an identity different and independent from that of Bodegas Vega Sicilia. Thus, the possibility of making the wine in the Vega Sicilia... installations was discarded. The Álvarez did not wish to create a brand that might be considered as a second wine from the mythical name.
Bodegas Liceo, a company founded in 1990 and located in Peñafiel (Valladolid), had all the technological requirements sought by Vega Sicilia. After lengthy conversations, the Álvarez family acquired the winery on 5th November 1992. 1995 saw the appearance of the first Alión wine of the 1991 harvest, and its high quality makes it into the Top 100 of the prestigious Wine Spectator magazine.
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