Teso la Monja "Alabaster" 2007
Region: Toro
Sale Price: $243.00
Wine Style: Red Still Wine
Winemaker's Notes:
Grape Varietal: 100% Tinta de Toro (Tempranillo)
The Alabaster comes 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.
