Rated: 91 pts - The Wine Advocate
Rated: 89 pts - Wine Spectator
Rated: 92 pts - Wine Enthusiast

Wine Color: Red
Vintage: 2007
Varietal: Blend
Style: Still
Size: 750ml
Origin: Europe > Spain > Toro

Food Pairing: Beef, BBQ
Taste: Rich, Balanced

The Wine Advocate 91 pts - Jay Miller
The grapes for the 2007 Almirez came from 30-year-old ungrafted head pruned vines. The wine was aged for 12 months in one-year-old French oak. Deep crimson-colored, it displays an expressive nose of spice box, espresso, plum, and blackberry compote. Full-bodied on the palate with layers of savory black fruits, lots of spice, and enough fine-grained tannin to evolve for 1-2 years, it will drink beautifully from 2011 to 2019. It is an excellent value that over-delivers in a big way.

Wine Spectator 89 pts - Thomas Matthews
Plush and polished, this modern-style red delivers ripe plum and blackberry fruit framed by toasty oak, with well-integrated tannins and a spicy finish. Drink now through 2013. 1,000 cases imported.

Wine Enthusiast 92 pts - Michael Schachner
Teso la Monja is the new Toro winery from the Eguren family of Rioja fame (former owners of Numanthia-Termes in Toro), and it's proof that no beat has been missed since they sold out to Moet Hennessy. Expect dark, intense black fruit aromas and flavors mixed with heat, tannin, cola and spice. Some oak creeps out on the finish, but overall this is a lovely, bullish Toro. Drink now through 2014.

Description:
This wine has great aroma of black berries, cocoa, even espresso and dark ruby color. The wine is big and rich. Spicy dark fruit, dried plum with a slight cocoa, the wine is perfectly balanced.

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