Vega Sicilia, Alion other_regions The 2010 Le Pin is

The 2010 Le Pin is blessed with a supremely well defined and focused bouquet

-- Neal Martin

as if it had been excessively fined and/or filtered

the wine continued showing the riper character and more Mediterranean profile of the vineyard

As with the rest of the 2014s

Vega Sicilia, Alion other_regions The 2010 Le Pin isThe 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