Winery: Tempos Vega Sicilia - Bodegas y Viñedos Alión

Country / Region: Spain / DO Ribera del Duero

Alcohol Content / Volume: 15% / 3L

Ratings: 95 pts. Robert Parker (2017)

Decanting Time: open bottle for 30 minutes and decant for at least 1 and half hours for the best experience. Enjoy and serve at 18°C. Alion holds a potential ageing window of approximately 15-20 years if kept in ideal conditions: constant temperature of 12-14 ºC and 60% relative humidity.

Our suggestion for decanting time is based on bottles we tried at Txanton over 2020. We guarantee Txanton stocks are imported and maintained on a proper storage with right temperature and humidity.

Good to know: Alión is formed by a careful selection of plots spread across the best of Ribera del Duero. These plots, which complement each other, joined by the same kind of viticulture as Vega Sicilia, have given rise to firm structured wines.

Alión is a fleshy, complex, intense wine, where elegance plays a differentiating role and is the winery´s hallmark. Of outstanding personality, lots in Alion are guided through 12 months ageing in French oak barrels and 5% American oak, to obtain maximum complexity from the diversity of soil.

Even thought TEMPOS Vega Sicilia group was set up in 1982 by the Alvarez family, Vega Sicilia was founded by Eloy Lecanda y Chaves in1864. He was a Spanish winemaker trained in Bordeaux who returned to his homeland with cabernet sauvignon and merlot grapes. In the 20th century, Vega Sicilia earned a reputation as being one of the most notable wines in Spain.

Over its history, the winery has had many notable winemakers including Mariano Garcia who was winemaker from 1966 to 1996 before moving on to produce his own labels (Mauro, San Roman and Garmon).