Eguren Teso Monja, Alabaster Vintage:2011 Relatively firm reduction renders the

Relatively firm reduction renders the nose impossible to read at present

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123 ha parcel of 80+ year old vines situated mostly in terres blanches

The wine was made from a blend of 67% Cabernet Sauvignon and 33% Merlot

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Eguren Teso Monja, Alabaster Vintage:2011 Relatively firm reduction renders theThe 2007 Alabaster came from pre phylloxera vines yielding a miniscule half ton of fruit per acre. It went through ML in new French oak before being transferred to a different set of new French oak barrels for 18 months of aging. Glycerin oozes down the glass of this remarkably rich effort. Purple black colored, it offers up a brooding nose of licorice, fresh tar, black cherry, and blackberry. On the palate it is full bodied, dense, and chewy, but in