This is a substantial estate, producing around 300,000 bottles depending on vintage. Alion was the first 100% Tinta Fino (Tempranillo) wine aged in 100% new French oak in Ribera del Duero, so it was seen as revolutionary, especially coming from such a traditional bodega as Vega-Sicilia.

Vega-Sicilia is seen as one of Spain's most aristocractic and traditional estates The first grower to discover this viticultural secret was Don Eloy Lecanda Chaves, who owned a small estate near the town of Valbuena. He came back from Bordeaux in 1864, armed with oak casks, French grape varieties, and…

In 1995 and 1996 the Vega Family started to think of a new winery and in the locations in Spain where it could be set up. Castilla y León has a large river, the Duero, which is where their two existing wineries, Vega Sicilia and Alion are located, and it…