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Teso La Monja Alabaster 2007
HED02954
75 cl
14.5%
£175.00
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Alabaster 2007 from Teso La Monja is a premium, single-vineyard Tinto de Toro red wine from the Toro region of Spain. Teso La Monja, founded by the Eguren family, is focused on expressing the elegance of ancient, pre-phylloxera Tinta de Toro vines. The wine is sourced from a 1.2 hectare plot of vines over 100 years old, situated on sandy soils. This wine displays a massive, concentrated profile, offering dense aromas of black cherry, blackcurrant, dark chocolate and smoke. The palate is full-bodied and powerful, showcasing immense depth of fruit and a firm, rich tannic structure.
94 Robert Parker
The 2007 Alabaster came from pre-phylloxera vines yielding a miniscule half ton of fruit per acre. It went through ML in new French oak before being transferred to a different set of new French oak barrels for 18 months of aging. Glycerin oozes down the glass of this remarkably rich effort. Purple/black colored, it offers up a brooding nose of licorice, fresh tar, black cherry, and blackberry. On the palate it is full-bodied, dense, and chewy, but in balance. This behemoth demands 8-10 years of cellaring but should ultimately reward patient cellaring in a big way. Bodegas Teso La Monja is the Eguren family’s new project in Toro featuring a state of the art winery and old vines of Tinta de Toro . The sandy soils here meant that phylloxera never took hold so that most of the vines are ungrafted. - Jay S Miller
94 Vinous
Vivid ruby. Wild, explosive aromas of strawberry, raspberry, minerals and candied flowers. Silky, focused and sappy, with brisk minerality lifting pure red berry, cherry and rose pastille flavors. A dense, penetrating but almost weightless wine that offers terrific clarity and finishing energy. I couldn't get this wine off my palate. All the tinta de toro vines at this estate are planted on ungrafted rootstock because phylloxera has never taken hold in these sandy soils. Josh Raynolds1st November 2010
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