Alion 2018, Vega Sicilia, Ribera del Duero, Spain99. 95 per bottle NEW ABV 15% James Suckling 96 100 "Fresh and very floral with violets and berries. Blackberries and orange peel, too. Medium to full bodied with firm, linear tannins. Excellent length and structure. Seriously structured, Better after 2024, but already beautiful." Robert Parker's Wine Advocate 95+ 100 "The 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

super concentrated and packed with black and blue fruits

VINIFICATION:

followed by strict and selective sorting on tables and an extremely delicate pressing process of whole bunches with a super short maceration to produce the beautiful light colour

slightly vanilla

A DP for the cellar

This is a sensational vintage for Garrus and I rate it as highly as the epic 2015 and that means that this is a perfect 20/20 in my notes

William Kelley - 31/01/2019

it had to put up with being Garrus’s less interesting and slightly lighter sibling

is very much a Champagne for the dinner table

light and well balanced on the palate

They used 80% new barrels

dry finish”