Vega Sicilia, Alion other_regions tight Cornas that has bright

tight Cornas that has bright acidity

the wine continued showing the riper character and more Mediterranean profile of the vineyard

as if it had been excessively fined and/or filtered

but this is all finesse and class

This beautifully chiseled effort is quite backward at present but I very much like the upside development potential

Vega Sicilia, Alion other_regions tight Cornas that has brightThe 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