“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.”
2019
Teso La Monja 2019 1x75cl 97/100 VN
Bottles produced: 804
‘A true masterpiece of winemaking.’
Price IB:
£895.00 1 x 75cl Bottle
6 in stock
| Colour | RED |
|---|---|
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Toro |
J. Reynolds for Vinous says:
Only 804 (numbered) bottles have been made of the bodega’s pinnacle wine – the Teso La Monja. A true masterpiece of winemaking. The wine comes from a cool vineyard of only 1.8HA with extremely old vines (150 years and older – pre-phylloxera) that give an incredibly high maturity. The bunches are picked and selected per grape and completely manually destemmed and manually crushed by a team of 55 very experienced people who do this every year. The wine ferments in an open top oak barrel followed by malolactic fermentation in an ovoid oak barrel. It matures in 3 brand new Bordeaux barrels for about 24 months.
Top of the range Teso La Monja is crafted in miniscule quantities – only around 900 bottles are made each year. It comes from a small, 1.8 hectare plot of vines, with more limestone in the soil than is typical for Toro. It is famously fermented in a wooden egg, whose precious contents are then transferred to three new Bordeaux barrels. Deep ruby in hue, it is aromatic and complex, combining ripe fruit with hints of toasted wood and laurel. Full-bodied, and yet with a sense of weightlessness, it is effortlessly well-balanced, with good acidity and excellent persistence on the palate. The flavours and texture are superbly well-integrated on the long, silky finish.
