It was early days but the wine is honest and pleasing

(92-94)/2024+

all bound in a silky texture

Castelnuovo dell'Abate

The nose of this nascent beauty was locked up tight for the first few minutes

Vega Sicilia, Alion Vintage:2017 It was early days butThe 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