2020 Teso la Monja 'Almirez' Tempranillo Toro

Winemaker Notes: Teso la Monja Almirez offers complex aromas of rich fruit, brandy, biscuit coffee, plum and aniseed. On the palate is creamy, rich and very expressive with a finish that leaves a pleasant memory of lightly toasted notes.

CRITICAL ACCLAIM


Robert Parker's Wine Advocate - "The 2020 Almirez comes from 41.7 hectares of vines ranging between 15 and 65 years of age. It fermented for 20 days, followed by malolactic in barrel and 14 months in French oak barrels, 30% of them new. The wine is quite approachable and has finesse; it's fine-boned, more fluid and refined than other years. The rains in August resulted in larger grapes with more juice, and the wine is quite approachable even at this young age. It's expressive, clean and powerful (the place is like that) and with 14.81% alcohol that goes unnoticed. It has abundant, fine-grained tannins and some creaminess and spiciness from the time in barrel, developing some mintiness with time in the glass; later, there's more licorice and even aniseed and fennel aromas."


Wilfred Wong - "The 2020 Teso la Monja Almirez is tightly-built and well-balanced. This wine offers excellent aromas and flavors of red and black cherries. It is full-bodied and well-textured. Pair it with an old-fashioned beef stew. "