2023 Teso la Monja Alabaster
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| Type of Wine | |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | |
| Appellation | |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Grape | |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (14.5%) |
| Drink window | 2026 - 2040 |
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This top-quality Spanish wine is produced by the Teso La Monja winery, an exclusive winery and one of Hermanos Eguren 's finest wineries. The Alabaster is now the worthy successor to the Termanthia (the Eguren family sold the Numanthia and Termanthia vineyards to Luis Vutton, Hennesy Moet & Chandon - LVMH in 2007 and launched a new project that same year: Bodegas Teso la Monja). The Eguren family consistently continues its tradition of care and quality. The grapes are harvested exclusively by hand and collected in small boxes to avoid damage. The yield is only 9hl/ha, which is 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/ungrafted vines (own-rooted Vitis vinifera). The Alabaster is a full-bodied, aromatic wine. Plums, blackberries, cherries, minerals, a hint of mocha, beautiful tannins, and a grand finish. This wine has enormous potential. Presented in a beautiful fabric sleeve, it's limited to 4,000 bottles, and only produced in the best years.
The century-old vines originally used for Alabaster produced only (at most) 11 hectoliters per hectare. Only 4,000 bottles were produced.
FACT: In the "Attachments" tab, you'll find the official fact sheet for this fine wine. We'll automatically send it to you when you order it. The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you pick it up, you'll often receive a nice discount . You'll see your discount immediately when you select "Pick up" at checkout. We're located in Dordrecht, just off the A16 motorway, with ample parking. Click here for our address.
Specifications
| Packing information | Case |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Appellation | Toro |
| Icons | Icon Spain & Portugal |
| Winery | Teso La Monja |
| Grape | Tempranillo |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Drinking as of | 2026 |
| Drinking till | 2040 |
| Alcohol % | 14.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Vinous rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
| Sommy Pairing Beschrijving | De 2023 Teso la Monja Alabaster is een indrukwekkende Spaanse wijn met rijke aroma's van pruimen, zwarte bessen en kersen, aangevuld met subtiele mineralen, mokka en stevige tannines. Door de lange rijping op Frans eiken krijgt deze wijn een volle, complexe smaak die perfect samengaat met gerechten van rood vlees. Hij past bijzonder goed bij langzaam gegaard rundvlees of wild, vooral wanneer deze bereid zijn met krachtige kruiden of een rijke saus, waardoor de intensiteit van de wijn mooi wordt versterkt. Een mooie bereidingswijze die extra tot zijn recht komt, is bijvoorbeeld een stoofpot met rode wijn en verse kruiden, waardoor de harmonie tussen wijn en gerecht nog meer wordt benadrukt. |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 97
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$300
Drink Date:
2025 - 2035
The 2022 Alabaster, produced with Tinta de Toro grapes from 11.5 hectares of ancient ungrafted vines, is the most elegant and complete of the 2022s, with great balance and tasty, silky and long finish. It's hard to believe the wine spent 18 months in new French oak barrels, as the oak is completely integrated and doesn't interfere in the aromatics at all. There are many overripe wines in the region, but this has controlled ripeness, with volume and very elegant and round tannins. This is a step up in elegance and subtleness from the Victorino. 7,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2024.
I tasted the latest releases from the Eguren family in Toro a little earlier on in the year when I tasted their wines from Rioja. It's quite a different expression of Tempranillo in Toro compared to Rioja, more exuberant and fruit-driven here. They produce 230,000 bottles per year.
Published: Jun 19, 2025
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James Suckling
Score
95
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 179
Teso la Monja Toro Alabaster 2022
Saturday, Aug 02, 2025
Color
Red
Country
Spain
Region
Castilla y León
Vintage
2022
Download Shelftalker
Ripe but lively for a wine from Toro. Expect a touch of licorice, sweet spices and dark chocolate to the blackberries on the nose. Full-bodied on the palate, showing generous fruit and masses of sweet, chalky tannins. Dusty in texture and naturally concentrated without heft. Rich, lengthy finish. Good freshness retained. Drink or hold.
Zekun Shuai
Senior Editor
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Vinous
95
Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
From: Reds From Toro: Old Vines and New Knowhow (Dec 2023)
The 2021 Alabaster is sourced from 130-year-old pre-phylloxera vines in Toro and aged in barrels. It's a garnet hue with a blueish sheen. Its nose boasts ripe black fruits, including plums and blackberries, with undergrowth, herb and smoked cedar hints. Ample and bold on the palate, the fine-grained tannins and supple texture lead to a long-lasting finish. A rare and pure Toro red, it offers a concentrated yet weightless mouthfeel.
- By Joaquín Hidalgo on September 2023
Brothers Marcos and Miguel Eguren, originally from Rioja, control several wineries under the name Sierra Cantabria. In Toro, they built Numanthia, later sold it, and, in 2007, founded Teso La Monja in Valdefinjas. The spacious winery, designed like old Rioja casonas, houses a wide array of open tops. Marcos Eguren, leading winemaker, gently extracts Tinta de Toro. The Almirez and Victorino wines are fine examples, with Alabaster best defining the contained energy and polish achieved with this variety.
96
Drinking Window
2026 - 2037
From: The Vast Bounty of Central Spain (Feb 2021)
Dark, bright-rimmed purple. Intensely perfumed blueberry, cherry compote, cola, exotic spice and vanilla aromas are complicated by smoky mineral, licorice and roasted coffee notes. Broad, palate-staining dark berry liqueur, bitter cherry and violet pastille flavors display impressive depth as well as vivacity, and a bright jolt of peppery spices adds back-end lift. Finishes sweet, spicy and extremely long, with youthfully gripping tannins providing framework.
- By Josh Raynolds on November 2020
Toro doesn’t get anywhere near the attention afforded to neighboring Ribera del Duero, but its top wines - and this bodega produces some of the very best - can be just as complex and equal in quality to Ribera’s most famous names. Established in 2007 by the Eguren family, of Rioja fame (Sierra Cantabria, etc.), Teso La Monja quickly earned a reputation for producing some of Toro’s most intense, deeply flavored wines, and the Egurens have never looked back. This is a no-expense-spared operation and the wines show it, from the entry level on up.
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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.
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De 2023 Teso la Monja Alabaster is een indrukwekkende Spaanse wijn met rijke aroma's van pruimen, zwarte bessen en kersen, aangevuld met subtiele mineralen, mokka en stevige tannines. Door de lange rijping op Frans eiken krijgt deze wijn een volle, complexe smaak die perfect samengaat met gerechten van rood vlees. Hij past bijzonder goed bij langzaam gegaard rundvlees of wild, vooral wanneer deze bereid zijn met krachtige kruiden of een rijke saus, waardoor de intensiteit van de wijn mooi wordt versterkt. Een mooie bereidingswijze die extra tot zijn recht komt, is bijvoorbeeld een stoofpot met rode wijn en verse kruiden, waardoor de harmonie tussen wijn en gerecht nog meer wordt benadrukt.
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This top-quality Spanish wine is produced by the Teso La Monja winery, an exclusive winery and one of Hermanos Eguren 's finest wineries. The Alabaster is now the worthy successor to the Termanthia (the Eguren family sold the Numanthia and Termanthia vineyards to Luis Vutton, Hennesy Moet & Chandon - LVMH in 2007 and launched a new project that same year: Bodegas Teso la Monja). The Eguren family consistently continues its tradition of care and quality. The grapes are harvested exclusively by hand and collected in small boxes to avoid damage. The yield is only 9hl/ha, which is 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/ungrafted vines (own-rooted Vitis vinifera). The Alabaster is a full-bodied, aromatic wine. Plums, blackberries, cherries, minerals, a hint of mocha, beautiful tannins, and a grand finish. This wine has enormous potential. Presented in a beautiful fabric sleeve, it's limited to 4,000 bottles, and only produced in the best years.
The century-old vines originally used for Alabaster produced only (at most) 11 hectoliters per hectare. Only 4,000 bottles were produced.
FACT: In the "Attachments" tab, you'll find the official fact sheet for this fine wine. We'll automatically send it to you when you order it. The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you pick it up, you'll often receive a nice discount . You'll see your discount immediately when you select "Pick up" at checkout. We're located in Dordrecht, just off the A16 motorway, with ample parking. Click here for our address.
| Packing information | Case |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Appellation | Toro |
| Icons | Icon Spain & Portugal |
| Winery | Teso La Monja |
| Grape | Tempranillo |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Drinking as of | 2026 |
| Drinking till | 2040 |
| Alcohol % | 14.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Vinous rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
| Sommy Pairing Beschrijving | De 2023 Teso la Monja Alabaster is een indrukwekkende Spaanse wijn met rijke aroma's van pruimen, zwarte bessen en kersen, aangevuld met subtiele mineralen, mokka en stevige tannines. Door de lange rijping op Frans eiken krijgt deze wijn een volle, complexe smaak die perfect samengaat met gerechten van rood vlees. Hij past bijzonder goed bij langzaam gegaard rundvlees of wild, vooral wanneer deze bereid zijn met krachtige kruiden of een rijke saus, waardoor de intensiteit van de wijn mooi wordt versterkt. Een mooie bereidingswijze die extra tot zijn recht komt, is bijvoorbeeld een stoofpot met rode wijn en verse kruiden, waardoor de harmonie tussen wijn en gerecht nog meer wordt benadrukt. |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 97
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$300
Drink Date:
2025 - 2035
The 2022 Alabaster, produced with Tinta de Toro grapes from 11.5 hectares of ancient ungrafted vines, is the most elegant and complete of the 2022s, with great balance and tasty, silky and long finish. It's hard to believe the wine spent 18 months in new French oak barrels, as the oak is completely integrated and doesn't interfere in the aromatics at all. There are many overripe wines in the region, but this has controlled ripeness, with volume and very elegant and round tannins. This is a step up in elegance and subtleness from the Victorino. 7,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2024.
I tasted the latest releases from the Eguren family in Toro a little earlier on in the year when I tasted their wines from Rioja. It's quite a different expression of Tempranillo in Toro compared to Rioja, more exuberant and fruit-driven here. They produce 230,000 bottles per year.
Published: Jun 19, 2025
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James Suckling
Score
95
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 179
Teso la Monja Toro Alabaster 2022
Saturday, Aug 02, 2025
Color
Red
Country
Spain
Region
Castilla y León
Vintage
2022
Download Shelftalker
Ripe but lively for a wine from Toro. Expect a touch of licorice, sweet spices and dark chocolate to the blackberries on the nose. Full-bodied on the palate, showing generous fruit and masses of sweet, chalky tannins. Dusty in texture and naturally concentrated without heft. Rich, lengthy finish. Good freshness retained. Drink or hold.
Zekun Shuai
Senior Editor
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Vinous
95
Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
From: Reds From Toro: Old Vines and New Knowhow (Dec 2023)
The 2021 Alabaster is sourced from 130-year-old pre-phylloxera vines in Toro and aged in barrels. It's a garnet hue with a blueish sheen. Its nose boasts ripe black fruits, including plums and blackberries, with undergrowth, herb and smoked cedar hints. Ample and bold on the palate, the fine-grained tannins and supple texture lead to a long-lasting finish. A rare and pure Toro red, it offers a concentrated yet weightless mouthfeel.
- By Joaquín Hidalgo on September 2023
Brothers Marcos and Miguel Eguren, originally from Rioja, control several wineries under the name Sierra Cantabria. In Toro, they built Numanthia, later sold it, and, in 2007, founded Teso La Monja in Valdefinjas. The spacious winery, designed like old Rioja casonas, houses a wide array of open tops. Marcos Eguren, leading winemaker, gently extracts Tinta de Toro. The Almirez and Victorino wines are fine examples, with Alabaster best defining the contained energy and polish achieved with this variety.
96
Drinking Window
2026 - 2037
From: The Vast Bounty of Central Spain (Feb 2021)
Dark, bright-rimmed purple. Intensely perfumed blueberry, cherry compote, cola, exotic spice and vanilla aromas are complicated by smoky mineral, licorice and roasted coffee notes. Broad, palate-staining dark berry liqueur, bitter cherry and violet pastille flavors display impressive depth as well as vivacity, and a bright jolt of peppery spices adds back-end lift. Finishes sweet, spicy and extremely long, with youthfully gripping tannins providing framework.
- By Josh Raynolds on November 2020
Toro doesn’t get anywhere near the attention afforded to neighboring Ribera del Duero, but its top wines - and this bodega produces some of the very best - can be just as complex and equal in quality to Ribera’s most famous names. Established in 2007 by the Eguren family, of Rioja fame (Sierra Cantabria, etc.), Teso La Monja quickly earned a reputation for producing some of Toro’s most intense, deeply flavored wines, and the Egurens have never looked back. This is a no-expense-spared operation and the wines show it, from the entry level on up.
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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.
Spijs
De 2023 Teso la Monja Alabaster is een indrukwekkende Spaanse wijn met rijke aroma's van pruimen, zwarte bessen en kersen, aangevuld met subtiele mineralen, mokka en stevige tannines. Door de lange rijping op Frans eiken krijgt deze wijn een volle, complexe smaak die perfect samengaat met gerechten van rood vlees. Hij past bijzonder goed bij langzaam gegaard rundvlees of wild, vooral wanneer deze bereid zijn met krachtige kruiden of een rijke saus, waardoor de intensiteit van de wijn mooi wordt versterkt. Een mooie bereidingswijze die extra tot zijn recht komt, is bijvoorbeeld een stoofpot met rode wijn en verse kruiden, waardoor de harmonie tussen wijn en gerecht nog meer wordt benadrukt.
Klik op een categorie om heerlijke recepten te ontdekken die perfect combineren met deze wijn.
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This top-quality Spanish wine is produced by the Teso La Monja winery, an exclusive winery and one of Hermanos Eguren 's finest wineries. The Alabaster is now the worthy successor to the Termanthia (the Eguren family sold the Numanthia and Termanthia vineyards to Luis Vutton, Hennesy Moet & Chandon - LVMH in 2007 and launched a new project that same year: Bodegas Teso la Monja). The Eguren family consistently continues its tradition of care and quality. The grapes are harvested exclusively by hand and collected in small boxes to avoid damage. The yield is only 9hl/ha, which is 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/ungrafted vines (own-rooted Vitis vinifera). The Alabaster is a full-bodied, aromatic wine. Plums, blackberries, cherries, minerals, a hint of mocha, beautiful tannins, and a grand finish. This wine has enormous potential. Presented in a beautiful fabric sleeve, it's limited to 4,000 bottles, and only produced in the best years.
The century-old vines originally used for Alabaster produced only (at most) 11 hectoliters per hectare. Only 4,000 bottles were produced.
FACT: In the "Attachments" tab, you'll find the official fact sheet for this fine wine. We'll automatically send it to you when you order it. The wine is stored in our climate-controlled Wine Warehouse, and if you pick it up, you'll often receive a nice discount . You'll see your discount immediately when you select "Pick up" at checkout. We're located in Dordrecht, just off the A16 motorway, with ample parking. Click here for our address.
Specifications
| Packing information | Case |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Appellation | Toro |
| Icons | Icon Spain & Portugal |
| Winery | Teso La Monja |
| Grape | Tempranillo |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2023 |
| Drinking as of | 2026 |
| Drinking till | 2040 |
| Alcohol % | 14.5 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 97 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Vinous rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Complex, Droog, Houtgerijpt, Krachtig, Kruidig, Rood fruit, Tannines, Vol |
| Drink moments | Indruk maken, Lekker luxe, Open haard |
| Sommy Pairing Beschrijving | De 2023 Teso la Monja Alabaster is een indrukwekkende Spaanse wijn met rijke aroma's van pruimen, zwarte bessen en kersen, aangevuld met subtiele mineralen, mokka en stevige tannines. Door de lange rijping op Frans eiken krijgt deze wijn een volle, complexe smaak die perfect samengaat met gerechten van rood vlees. Hij past bijzonder goed bij langzaam gegaard rundvlees of wild, vooral wanneer deze bereid zijn met krachtige kruiden of een rijke saus, waardoor de intensiteit van de wijn mooi wordt versterkt. Een mooie bereidingswijze die extra tot zijn recht komt, is bijvoorbeeld een stoofpot met rode wijn en verse kruiden, waardoor de harmonie tussen wijn en gerecht nog meer wordt benadrukt. |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 97
Reviewed by:
Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price:
$300
Drink Date:
2025 - 2035
The 2022 Alabaster, produced with Tinta de Toro grapes from 11.5 hectares of ancient ungrafted vines, is the most elegant and complete of the 2022s, with great balance and tasty, silky and long finish. It's hard to believe the wine spent 18 months in new French oak barrels, as the oak is completely integrated and doesn't interfere in the aromatics at all. There are many overripe wines in the region, but this has controlled ripeness, with volume and very elegant and round tannins. This is a step up in elegance and subtleness from the Victorino. 7,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2024.
I tasted the latest releases from the Eguren family in Toro a little earlier on in the year when I tasted their wines from Rioja. It's quite a different expression of Tempranillo in Toro compared to Rioja, more exuberant and fruit-driven here. They produce 230,000 bottles per year.
Published: Jun 19, 2025
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
James Suckling
Score
95
Avg Price (ex-tax)
$ 179
Teso la Monja Toro Alabaster 2022
Saturday, Aug 02, 2025
Color
Red
Country
Spain
Region
Castilla y León
Vintage
2022
Download Shelftalker
Ripe but lively for a wine from Toro. Expect a touch of licorice, sweet spices and dark chocolate to the blackberries on the nose. Full-bodied on the palate, showing generous fruit and masses of sweet, chalky tannins. Dusty in texture and naturally concentrated without heft. Rich, lengthy finish. Good freshness retained. Drink or hold.
Zekun Shuai
Senior Editor
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
Vinous
95
Drinking Window
2025 - 2045
From: Reds From Toro: Old Vines and New Knowhow (Dec 2023)
The 2021 Alabaster is sourced from 130-year-old pre-phylloxera vines in Toro and aged in barrels. It's a garnet hue with a blueish sheen. Its nose boasts ripe black fruits, including plums and blackberries, with undergrowth, herb and smoked cedar hints. Ample and bold on the palate, the fine-grained tannins and supple texture lead to a long-lasting finish. A rare and pure Toro red, it offers a concentrated yet weightless mouthfeel.
- By Joaquín Hidalgo on September 2023
Brothers Marcos and Miguel Eguren, originally from Rioja, control several wineries under the name Sierra Cantabria. In Toro, they built Numanthia, later sold it, and, in 2007, founded Teso La Monja in Valdefinjas. The spacious winery, designed like old Rioja casonas, houses a wide array of open tops. Marcos Eguren, leading winemaker, gently extracts Tinta de Toro. The Almirez and Victorino wines are fine examples, with Alabaster best defining the contained energy and polish achieved with this variety.
96
Drinking Window
2026 - 2037
From: The Vast Bounty of Central Spain (Feb 2021)
Dark, bright-rimmed purple. Intensely perfumed blueberry, cherry compote, cola, exotic spice and vanilla aromas are complicated by smoky mineral, licorice and roasted coffee notes. Broad, palate-staining dark berry liqueur, bitter cherry and violet pastille flavors display impressive depth as well as vivacity, and a bright jolt of peppery spices adds back-end lift. Finishes sweet, spicy and extremely long, with youthfully gripping tannins providing framework.
- By Josh Raynolds on November 2020
Toro doesn’t get anywhere near the attention afforded to neighboring Ribera del Duero, but its top wines - and this bodega produces some of the very best - can be just as complex and equal in quality to Ribera’s most famous names. Established in 2007 by the Eguren family, of Rioja fame (Sierra Cantabria, etc.), Teso La Monja quickly earned a reputation for producing some of Toro’s most intense, deeply flavored wines, and the Egurens have never looked back. This is a no-expense-spared operation and the wines show it, from the entry level on up.
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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.
Food
Spijs
De 2023 Teso la Monja Alabaster is een indrukwekkende Spaanse wijn met rijke aroma's van pruimen, zwarte bessen en kersen, aangevuld met subtiele mineralen, mokka en stevige tannines. Door de lange rijping op Frans eiken krijgt deze wijn een volle, complexe smaak die perfect samengaat met gerechten van rood vlees. Hij past bijzonder goed bij langzaam gegaard rundvlees of wild, vooral wanneer deze bereid zijn met krachtige kruiden of een rijke saus, waardoor de intensiteit van de wijn mooi wordt versterkt. Een mooie bereidingswijze die extra tot zijn recht komt, is bijvoorbeeld een stoofpot met rode wijn en verse kruiden, waardoor de harmonie tussen wijn en gerecht nog meer wordt benadrukt.
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