La Monja [TOP]
A, powerful, structured red from 45- to 100-year-old vines, showing notes of dark fruit, mineral, and velvety tannins.
Manual, artisanal production. Grapes are often hand-destemmed, grain by grain. La monja
is a prestigious winery in Spain's D.O. Toro region, founded in 2007 by Marcos and Miguel Angel Eguren. The winery focuses on producing extremely elegant, silky red wines from ancient, ungrafted Tinta de Toro vines. Key Product Offerings A, powerful, structured red from 45- to 100-year-old
Some wines, like the top-tier, use an "Ovum" (a special concrete or wooden egg-shaped vessel) for malolactic fermentation. showing notes of dark fruit
A premier red made from 100+ year-old pre-phylloxera vines. It is typically aged in new French oak barrels.
They work with ancient, ungrafted (pre-phylloxera) Tempranillo vines.