Vega Sicilia, Alion Vintage:2017 supple and open knit

supple and open knit

fresh and driving finish

I am not sure how Angelo Gaja and his team do it

Its not much fun to drink today and needs another 2-3 years of bottle age to hopefully open up

tobacco and brambly flavors

Vega Sicilia, Alion Vintage:2017 supple and open knitThe 2018 Alin follows the path of the 2016, it is fresh and elegant and from a cooler (more Atlantic) vintage with more rain than the average and a relatively late harvest between September 28th and October 12th. They used 80% new barrels, with up to 10% made of American oak looking to (in their own words) give more sucrosity and sweetness to the wine, as it's a more vertical, tense and elegant expression of Alin. Part of the wine matured in concrete