| Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments More... |
|---|---|---|
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
1/27/2018 - jusuf Likes this wine: 92 pointsPowerful but simple is a good description. Lots of red fruit, mainly raspberry on the nose. A small hint of vanilla. No more. The palate is more developped and gives again red fruits but as well licorice and animal tones. Overall easy to drink and absolutely ok, just lacking complexity. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
10/19/2022 - dkwins Likes this wine: 93 pointsTwo hour decant; near black, dried cork and pleasing ripe and rich fruit scent. Very smooth and drinking well now, but likely at, or passing prime. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
8/24/2022 - Genghis88 wrote: flawedUnfortunately this wine was not in fine form. It was not terrible just thin and weak. I did get a lot of raisins off the palate. The color was super faded brown in color. It would be unfair to give this wine a score at this point. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
7/23/2021 - GFischmann Likes this wine: 93 pointsStill showing good fruit, acidity and tannins. Tertiary notes of earth and leather. Ate with steak and was a great match |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
4/14/2021 - bonedoc wrote: 94 pointsNo decant, drank over 2 hours w grilled steak. Lovely ripe red fruits, hints of licorice, the slightest hint of earth/brett, reminded me of an old world restrained style of CDP. Very enjoyable. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
2/14/2021 - honest bob wrote: 92 pointsFrom 75cl, perfect cork, decanted 1 hour. Wierd CT TNs here since my previous note on 25.03.2018: looney-tunes, nothing like the wine in my glass. This wine in MY bottle smelled most expansively of superb blackberry/raspberry immeditately after opening and diminshed thereafter, although the menthol-eucalyptus-dark exotic spice undertow remained. Medium bodied (and therefore thinner than expected) it showed perfectly integrated, luxury oak treatment, lush (but slender) dark soft-fruit action and a wonderfully vibrant acidity. Tannins now fully resolved. Ideal pairing: rack of lamb with garlic. I slightly misjudged with highly spiced beef stew, but it was good nonetheless. Drink now-2025, with only a short decant for sediment. 92P |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
1/2/2021 - Deputy Likes this wine: 92 pointsTastes like jam. Thought it would be ruined when I saw the cork had leaked a bit and then it broke off when opening. But nope. Delicious. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
11/13/2020 - dougsmith Likes this wine: 91 pointsDeep ruby color. Tart blackberry on the nose with smoky chorizo elements. Full bodied and quite dry on the palate with good presence and length. Ripe tannins on the finish. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
10/9/2020 - dkwins Likes this wine: 93 pointsI had forgotten about this wine, yet my notes are the same as 3 years ago. I decanted 90 minutes, but it was settled, smooth with none of the funk others describe. Very ripe and well integrated. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
3/14/2020 - strijbosmh Likes this wine: 95 pointsWhen opening the bottle I was immediately struck by the very strong smell of sour cherries. After a 1h decant, still very pure nose of cherries and cassis, but also notes of cocoa and coffee and some leather. On the 2nd day (stored with cork in the fridge) this was just amazing. Almost a full bodied Burgundy grand cru made from Tempranillo . That's the only way I can describe this elegancy. Perfectly integrated tannins, fresh, lively and with a 60s finish. 2 bottles left. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
1/8/2020 - acheng wrote: NRWell, my last bottle and seems like it is not holding up that well. Mostly tertiary nose already but fruit still quite lovely on the palate. Given the vintage, I supposed it is what it is and no more. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
11/26/2019 - bobbylion Likes this wine: 94 pointsSomewhere between 92-94 for me, so giving it the benefit of the doubt. Great wine with very strong barnyard initial smell - wasnt sure I loved it, but after a few sips and 30 min decant (the bottle was already coravined 3 weeks ago) I actually do love it. The taste is full of fruit and some salt. Big wine and 94 should do it justice. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
12/4/2007 - Double-A Likes this wine: 93 pointsBlueberry, mineral, earth, licorice nose with toast and vanilla notes. Intense and firmly structured plate with very good balance and a long finish. Hold. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
3/31/2019 - pcwoz Likes this wine: 94 points94++. Just keeps getting better. Lovely with more age. Smokey, cedar/tobacco. Cocoa? Rich red fruits (darker). Full but still holds freshness |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
2/2/2019 - ricard Likes this wine: 96 pointsUtterly compelling. Ridiculous. Profound. Tight and defined. Nuts and sweet spice and plums and prunes and treacle and utter beauty. "Particular scent of honeycomb" says a friend. "Thumbs up!" says another. I like the salinity alongside the caramel sensations. What a wine. So good. Chocolate and cocoa. Powerful but graceful. Assertive but demure. Serious but playful. Big but humble. Ultimately, colossal. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
11/29/2018 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 94 pointsThis wine continues to improve. In a very nice place right now, mature but vibrant, nice ripe fruit presented in an old world style. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
6/3/2018 - jefiset wrote: 90 pointsTannin soyeux, vin évolué, prêt à boire maintenant. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
4/14/2018 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 92 pointsOpened about two hours prior to drinking. This wine is showing well. plenty of tannin and acid to support further development. drink or hold. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
3/25/2018 - honest bob wrote: 91 pointsFrom 75cl, dried-out, porous cork broke during extraction, decanted 1 hour. Darkish purple with a hint of brown at rim. Exciting mixed spice, hot white pepper, and balsamic dark red fruit scent; lighter and more tinglingly acidic on the entry than expected (redcurrant); layered midpalate with an extraordinary range of ripe fruit - from redcurrant to morello to blackberry and back again, quite hard tannins draw attention to the super-hot vintage; long, satisfying finish with some residual drying tannins and high acidity. Ready to drink now with plenty of air time, but no hurry. An exciting, muscular (rather than delicious or charming) drink. A bottle with a perfect cork might show even better than this one did. 91P |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
2/18/2018 - pearlsdad wrote: 89 pointsMaybe past prime. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
1/6/2018 - nywine68 Likes this wine: 92 pointsDark stewed prunes and olives with lots of pepper and spices. Glass-coating viscosity. Plenty of tannins left to give this a solid backbone. A big wine. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
9/28/2017 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 92 pointsTasting of the Utrecht Wine Society (Utrecht, NL): Tasted blind. Lively, light, airy, elegant, firm but ripe tannins, very fresh for its vintage and age, light structure, flavoursome, originally chewy tannins are beautifully resolved, good length. A lovely wine. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
8/18/2017 - bonedoc wrote: 94 pointspopped cork, did not decant bc of age, waited an hour and drank over 2 additional hours. gorgeous ripe cherries, excellent balance, mature but not over the hill. fruit profile kind of reminded me of a mature CDP, but without the garrique and/or barnyard quality. drink now or over 3 yrs. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
3/13/2017 - dkwins Likes this wine: 93 pointsExcellent wine. Decanted 90 minutes, but was more than enough, as I did not detect the harshness described by others. Rich, smooth, balanced tannins. Glad I waited, but no reason to delay drinking remaining bottles. |
| Red |
2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del DueroTinto Fino, Tempranillo more |
2/27/2017 - strijbosmh Likes this wine: 91 pointsDecanted 1.5hrs. Very dark rim with nearly black core. Some ash, cedar and cappuccino on the nose. Medium body with striking acidity,which adds to its freshness. Firm but well-integrated tannins. Ripe black cherries and a subtle touch of underbrush. Still needs 3-5 years, but beautiful already. |
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