Description
Alión 2021 combines youthful vibrancy with complexity, making it perfect for both immediate enjoyment and cellaring.
100% TEMPRANILLO (TINTO FINO)
Alión originates from carefully selected terroirs in the finest areas of the Ribera del Duero DO region. This wine is a mosaic of Ribera’s diverse personalities, made with grapes from vineyards stretching from Soria in the east to Valbuena de Duero in the west, including the renowned Vega Sicilia estate.
Alión 2021 exudes youthful vibrancy. Aged for 12 months in barrel, concrete, and oak vats, followed by 18 months in bottle, the result is a harmonious and refined wine. While it will truly begin to shine in a few years, Alión 2021 has the potential to evolve gracefully over the next 10–15 years. This vintage exemplifies balance, silkiness, and depth, making it equally compelling for immediate enjoyment or cellaring.
THE WINE ADVOCATE 96 points
Drink Date: 2025 - 2040
The vintage released in 2025 is the 2021 Alión, a year to remember, one of the best in recent times; it was relaxed and textbook in all senses, with snow in the beginning of the year, a mild spring disturbed only by frost in Pesquera that didn't affect other villages, a relatively cool summer that slowed things down, and the grapes ripened to perfection without rain after September. They used grapes from 13 different villages throughout the Ribera del Duero, 130 hectares. The grapes are cooled down for 24 hours, and once destemmed, they are put in the oak and stainless steel vats, where they undergo a five-day cold soak and then native fermentation through a "pied de cuve." It has 14.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.81 and 4.8 grams of acidity (tartaric). It's very fresh and fruit-driven, with the balance and elegance of the cooler years, a little austere, with very elegant and polished tannins and a different quality, when the grapes ripen slowly. They believe 2024 has the potential to be like 2021, after the 2022 and 2023 vintages were a lot more challenging. This is a large production of 244,244 bottles, 7,075 magnums and some larger formats. It was bottled in June 2023.
JAMES SUCKLING 95 Points
A pretty deep but fresh and harmonious wine that can be consumed early. It’s from a blend of Ribera del Duero vineyards. Fascinating aromas of fine spices, dark chocolate, dark cherries, blackberries and cedar wood. Medium- to full-bodied with fine, chalky tannins and a lasting finish. Impeccable balance. A textbook Ribera del Duero that gives a panoramic view of the region. Drink from 2025.
Terms and Conditions
Offer: Subject to availability
Delivery: Mid-2025
Prices: Include Freight, Duty & GST
Storage: Free Storage in our facility until 30th April 2026
Allocation:We expect high demand for these wines and this demand may therefore outstrip supply. In such instances we tend to give precedence to those who have bought a particular wine before.
Payment: Goods will be invoiced on receipt of order. Payment as per our normal T&Cs.
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