2020 Teso la Monja Alabaster Methusalem (5 liter)


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Type of Wine | Red |
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Country | |
Region | |
Appellation | Toro (Appellation) |
Winery | |
Vintage | 2020 |
Grape | |
Content (Alc) | 5 ltr (14%) |
Drink window | 2023 - 2037 |
Description
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-fledged 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 matures for 18 months in new French oak. Exclusively harvested from vines with an average age of 100 years from the pre-phylloxera period, so still original vines / non-grafted vines (self-rooted Vitis vinifera). The Alabster is a full aromatic wine. Plums, black currants, cherries, minerals, a hint of mocha and beautiful tannins and a grand finale. This wine has enormous potential. The wine is packaged in a very nice fabric cover and a maximum of 4000 bottles are made and then only in the top years.
They achieved even lower yields in 2020 than in 2019, and the centennial vines used for the 2020 Alabaster produced just 11 hectoliters per hectare. Only 4,000 bottles were produced. It was bottled in May 2022. The wine was only released at the end of October 2022. This Alabaster comes in a unique 5 liter bottle packed in a beautiful wooden box (OWC). Of this Methuselah only a handful of bottles were made. Even tastier and an even longer storage potential.
FACT: In the Tab: Appendix you will find the official fact sheet of this fine wine. We will automatically send it to you when you order this wine. The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you come to pick up the wine you will also receive a nice discount.
Specifications
Type of Wine | Red |
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Country | Spain |
Region | Castilla y Leon |
Appellation | Toro (Appellation) |
Winery | Teso La Monja |
Grape | Tempranillo |
Biological certified | No |
Natural wine | No |
Vegan | No |
Vintage | 2020 |
Drinking as of | 2023 |
Drinking till | 2037 |
Alcohol % | 14 |
Alcohol free/low | No |
Content | 5 ltr |
Oak aging | Yes |
Sparkling | No |
Dessert wine | No |
Closure | Cork |
Parker rating | 97 |
Vinous rating | 97 |
Tasting Profiles | Complex, Dry, Aged on wood, Powerful, Spicy, Red fruit, Tannines, Full |
Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
Wijnhuis
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.
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