Vega Sicilia, Alion other_regions but this is all finesse

but this is all finesse and class

as if it had been excessively fined and/or filtered

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

I would make the same observation here though that plenty of patience is going to be required

Vega Sicilia, Alion other_regions but this is all finesseThe 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