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Bodegas y Vinedos Alion 2004
Now that the academic year is over (well for me anyway), posts should be a bit more regular. And what better way to kick things back in to gear than a bottle ofAlion . As is usual with this wine, its a hard beast to tame when it’s young. Decanting helps but really this needs at least 5 year in the cellar to really start showing what its made of. This bottle was showing loads of oakinitially , and then closed up with a wall of tannins, which is fairly typical for the vintage. I’ve had a couple of bottles of this in the past year, and they have all been a little different, but all pointing towards a great, long term wine.
Lustau Manzanilla ‘Papriusa’
I haven’t been drinking a lot of manzanilla lately, I had a couple of glasses on the beach at San Sebastian a month or so ago but that’s been it. Quite shameful really, it’s such a joyous drink. So I was very happy to see this little half bottle in a box of gear from Negociants a couple of weeks ago.
Vega Sicilia new releases 2009
This was actually billed as a master class, so a bit more than a new release tasting. And seeing as the next vintages were also available was a big bonus. Three days after returning from Rioja, a tasting of wines from Ribera del Duero and Toro was a most welcome change of atmosphere. It is [...]
Cillar de Silos Torresilo 2006
These 2006 wines for Cillar de Silos are looking quite smart. I’d rate this on par with the 05, which was very impressive in my book. If you don’t have any of this in your cellar and you’re a fan ofRibera del Duero you could do a lot worse than a couple of bottle of this in the cellar. A trio of Alion, Pesquera and this would be a very interesting look at modern style Ribera del Duero in 10 years…
Ribera del Duero
Overview
Ribera del Duero is probably the second most well known red wine region in Spain behind Rioja. But that is about where the similarities end. The region has a long tradition of making more full bodied wines from Tempranillo, as well as a range of varieties from Bordeaux. Whites are uncommon (only 3% of the [...]
Lustau “Escuadrilla” Amontillado
Just a quick note today, I've got a load of painting to finish off before the end of the week. I'm mainly a fino/manzanilla guy, but I do enjoy a bit of older sherry action from time to time. Amontillado is a handy style as it goes well with cheese and is great with soup [...]
Bodegas y Vinedos Alion 1996
I've been doing a bit of long overdue painting and removing an old picture rail around the house over the past couple of weeks. For some reason, a previous owner had painted some of the walls a horrible pink salmon colour, complete with sponge work. When we bought the place it was the first thing [...]
Yarra Valley Tempranillo
I took a short drive out to the Yarra Valley today, mainly to take a few photos but ended up tasting a few local Tempranillos after it started to rain about 30 minutes after I got there. I got some ok cloud shots though. I'll give a free subscription to Tinto y Blanco to anyone [...]
Producer Profiles
Like just about any wine region in the old or new world, choosing wines from the passionate, innovative producers is the key to finding the real gems. Here in Australia we are fairly lucky that, for the most part, the importers do the job of selecting the better producers and importing them. If not, they [...]
Alion 2003
The release of the latest vintage of Alion is always one of my highlights of the year, I have more Alion in the cellar than anything single other wine. It helps that it used to be a third of the price. For some reason, the 2003 is not labelled as Reserva, but the [...]
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