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| Type of Wine | |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | |
| Appellation | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | Demi (0.375 ltr) (14%) |
| Drink window | 2022 - 2034 |
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This Spanish top wine is produced by winery Teso La Monja, an exclusive winery, one of the beautiful wineries of Hermanos Eguren.
The Alabaster is now the full successor of the Termanthia (The Numanthia and Termanthia vineyard sold the EGUREN family in 2007 to Luis Vutton, Hennesy Moet & Chandon - LVMH and started a new project in the same year: Bodegas Teso la Monja). The EGUREN family consistently continues its tradition of care and quality. The grapes are picked exclusively by hand and collected in small boxes to avoid damage. The yield is only 9hl/ha, so extremely low. The wine is aged for 18 months in new French oak. Harvested exclusively from vines with an average age of 100 years from the pre-phylloxera period, so still original vines / ungrafted vines (own rooted Vitis vinifera). The Alabster is a full aromatic wine. Plums, blackcurrants, cherries, minerals, a hint of mocha and beautiful tannins and a grand finale. This wine has enormous potential.
Unique version in a 0.375 ltr bottle - only a handful of bottles are made.
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Appellation | Toro |
| Winery | Teso La Monja |
| Grape | Tempranillo |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Drinking as of | 2022 |
| Drinking till | 2034 |
| Alcohol % | 14 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | Demi (0.375 ltr) |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 95 |
| James Suckling rating | 94 |
| Vinous rating | 97 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
| Sommy Pairing Beschrijving | Deze 2018 Alabaster toont diepe aroma's van pruim, zwarte bes en kers, aangevuld met minerale accenten, mokka en subtiele toast van 18 maanden nieuw Frans eiken, met krachtige maar gepolijste tannines en een lange, geconcentreerde finale. Door die volle fruitigheid, stevige structuur en frisse ondertoon snijdt de wijn mooi door de rijkdom van rundvlees, lam, stoofschotels en gegrild vlees en vult hij zowel vet als umami aan zonder te overheersen. Voor optimale harmonie kies je voor langzaam gegaard vlees zoals een stoof op lage temperatuur, een kruidige lamsbout of sappige stukken van de barbecue met een gerookt of licht zoetig glaze; bij die technieken komen de fruitige en kruidige tonen van de Alabaster het best tot hun recht. |
Rating
95
Release Price
$128
Drink Date
2021 - 2027
Reviewed by
Luis Gutiérrez
Issue Date
30th Dec 2019
Source
Issue 246 End of December 2019, The Wine Advocate
I tasted the 2017 Alabaster next to the 2016, two wines from the same plots and same vinification and aging in very different years. This 2017 is not heady and ripe, as would correspond with a warm, dry and very early harvest. It should also be understandably oaky after 18 months in brand-new French oak barrels. Surprisingly enough, it's terribly aromatic, expressive and floral, jumping out of the glass, with an extrovert personality, with a lactic touch and some notes of licorice, with better-integrated oak and more freshness than the 2016. The oak is less evident (they have changed the toast of the barrels, but they still use 100% new oak) and more integrated. This is still a modern and generously oaked Tempranillo, but in the overall context, it's the least oaky of all their wines I tasted this time. 4,000 bottles.
Teso la Monja is the second project created by the Eguren family of Rioja after they sold Numanthia to LVMH. They now produce 300,000 bottles split into five different labels. I tasted mostly 2016s and 2017s, two very different vintages. There was no frost in 2017, which was warm and dry and one of the earliest harvests on record. But the wines are incredibly fresh and balanced, I'm tempted to say fresher than the 2016s... Analytically they have lower alcohol and higher acidity. We shall see...
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Tasting Note
Rich and dense, this big red delivers currant, blackberry and kirsch flavors, with cocoa, anise and mineral notes. The muscular tannins are well-integrated, softened by balsamic acidity. Powerful, in the modern style. Best from 2021 through 2036. 333 cases made, 20 cases imported. — TM
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Colour: very deep cherry.
Nose: complex, expressive, spicy, mineral, black fruit, red berry notes.
Palate: full, long, great length, toasty.
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The Spanish winery Teso La Monja is located in the Toro. The winery heralds a new era for the Eguren family in DO Toro, a land from which she fell in love with the capacity of the old pre-phylloxera vines. Teso La Monja was founded in 2007. Wines that bring the potential of the Tinta de Toro with elegance, finesse and freshness, shared by all wines of the Eguren family attributes. The Almirez, Victorino and also the great Romanico (unprecedented good value for money in our opinion) are invariably 90+ Parker and Penin wines. Not surprising knowing that the Eguren family is also behind the Alabaster cult wine.
The Teso La Monja winery is located on north-facing loam soils with gravel on the surface, providing longer vegetative cycles for achieving balanced, powerful yet elegant wines that convey the maximum potential of soil minerality.
Deze 2018 Alabaster toont diepe aroma's van pruim, zwarte bes en kers, aangevuld met minerale accenten, mokka en subtiele toast van 18 maanden nieuw Frans eiken, met krachtige maar gepolijste tannines en een lange, geconcentreerde finale. Door die volle fruitigheid, stevige structuur en frisse ondertoon snijdt de wijn mooi door de rijkdom van rundvlees, lam, stoofschotels en gegrild vlees en vult hij zowel vet als umami aan zonder te overheersen. Voor optimale harmonie kies je voor langzaam gegaard vlees zoals een stoof op lage temperatuur, een kruidige lamsbout of sappige stukken van de barbecue met een gerookt of licht zoetig glaze; bij die technieken komen de fruitige en kruidige tonen van de Alabaster het best tot hun recht.
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