this is delicious and striking in its way

Finishes moderately long and a bit simple

It was early days but the wine is honest and pleasing

the sauvage and humus

The 2014 Châteauneuf du Pape Cuvee Marie Beurrier is an already complex

Vega Sicilia, Alion Vintage:2017 this is delicious and strikingThe 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