2003 Bodegas y Viñedos Alión Ribera del Duero

Community Tasting Notes (154) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  10/19/2022 - dkwins Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Two 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.

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  8/24/2022 - Genghis88 wrote: flawed

  Unfortunately 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.
  
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  7/23/2021 - GFischmann Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Still showing good fruit, acidity and tannins. Tertiary notes of earth and leather. Ate with steak and was a great match

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  4/14/2021 - bonedoc wrote: 94 Points

  No 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.

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  2/14/2021 - honest bob wrote: 92 Points

  From 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

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