Teso La Monja Toro DO 2016

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To uncork a bottle of Teso La Monja is to undertake a fascinating journey to a small plot of land embraced by magic and the legendary character only boasted by those privileged vineyards acquiring natural heritage status over the course of decades, and that man is called to care for with the dedication he would show any precious and fragile treasure like this one.

Attributes

Land:
Spain
Region:
Castilla y Leòn
Appellation:
Toro DO
Rebsorte:
Tempranillo
Kategorie:
Red wine
Weincharakter:
intense & opulent
Produzent:
Teso la Monja
Jahrgang:
2016
Füllmenge:
0,75 l Fl.
Complete description

Vintage Description:

This Toro wine is the flagship of Teso La Monja. Dark and intoxicating, voluptuous and baroque, spicy and complex, but then again delicate and flowery, full of freshness and liveliness. Sip by sip, a new, magical revelation. One of the greatest wines in the region - a personality full of character dressed in velvet and silk.
wine:

wine title:
Teso La Monja
wine description:

To uncork a bottle of Teso La Monja is to undertake a fascinating journey to a small plot of land embraced by magic and the legendary character only boasted by those privileged vineyards acquiring natural heritage status over the course of decades, and that man is called to care for with the dedication he would show any precious and fragile treasure like this one.
country:
Spain
region:
Castilla y Leòn
Producer:
Teso la Monja
Category:
Red wine
Weincharakter:
intense & opulent
appellation:
Toro DO
Glass:
Bordeaux
Premiumglass:
Bordeaux Grand Cru
Ideal serving temperature (°C), from:
16
Ideal serving temperature (°C), up to:
18
Ideal drinking maturity (years after harvest) from:
5
Ideal drinking maturity (years after harvest) up to:
25
food recommendation:
Braised venison, Venison ragout and buttered spaetzle, Lamb in hot and spicy sauce, Hot ragout of ground meat , Beef in hot and spicy sauce, Roast duck/goose breast - sweet condim., Venison steak with sweet condiments
year:
2016
Grape variety:
Tempranillo
Rebsorte(n):
(= Tinta de Toro)
Grape variety abbreviation:
TE
produced amount:
900
Önologe:
Marco Eguren
vineyard:
Produced exclusively with the grapes from a 1.8-hectare single vineyard.
grape age:
Very old - partly over 100 years - pre-phylloxera (own rooted) Vitis vinifera.
Vine training:
Very low planting density of 900 to 1,100 plants per hectare, head trained in Goblet.
Ertrag:
Max. 500 g/vine
Ernte:
Hand picked
Vinification:
De-stemmed manually by a team of 75 people. Fermented in open wooden vats. Traditional foot press with light pump-overs. Malolactic fermentation in an egg-shaped oak vat built by Taransaud, an "Ovum," where the wine was kept for approx. 6 month before being racked in smaller barrels.
Ageing:
24 months in three new French oak barrels.
Residual sugar:
dry
Residual sugar (g/l):
2.7
Alcohol level (%vol):
15
Säurewert (g/l):
4.8

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