Teso La Monja Toro Almirez 2022 (750ml) *
Product price
$38.99
Description
Tinta de Toro is Tempranillo grown in the heat of Toro, in Castilla y León, where ripeness comes easily and the trick is keeping it in check. This 2022 from Teso La Monja is entirely that grape, drawn from vines planted between 1955 and 2000 and aged fourteen months in French oak, about a third of it new. The 2022 growing season was warm and dry but stopped short of pushing the fruit into excess, which suits a wine built more for structure than for sheer power.
Deep garnet in the glass, it leads with balsamic and spice, then fills in with ripe red and black fruit, herbs, a note of aniseed and fennel, and a graphite edge underneath. The palate is plush and mouth-filling without turning heavy, carried by fine, polished tannins and a mid-palate that stays taut before a long finish. There is real energy here, and the ripeness feels judged rather than piled on. Among the wines in this range, it reads as the most structured.
Product Details
| Category | Wine |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Castilla y Leon |
| Subregion | Toro |
| Varietal | Tempranillo |
| Producer | Teso La Monja |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Size | 750 ML |
| Subtype | Still |
Expert Reviews
The 2022 Almirez is 100% Tinta de Toro from several vineyards in Toro. It was aged for 14 months in 30% new and 70% used French oak. Deep garnet in color, the wine opens with balsamic and spicy aromas, joined by a hint of jam and red fruit typical of Toro’s ripeness. The palate is rich, with active but well-handled tannins, a slightly tight mid-palate and a long finish. A wine of energy and well-judged ripeness without overextraction—remarkable for the region. (Vinous)
The 2022 Almirez checks in as 100% Tinta de Toro that's all from vines planted between 1955 and 2000. This darker, full-bodied effort has loads of ripe red and black fruits as well as spice, herbs, chocolate, and graphite-like aromas and flavors. It's plush and mouth-filling, with great purity and fine tannins, all making for a brilliant bottle of wine. (Jeb Dunnuck, July 2024)
In Toro, 2022 was also a warm and dry year, and the wines have a little less alcohol and ripeness but not as much as in Rioja. In fact, Marcos Eguren told me he likes 2022 more in Toro than 2021. The 2022 Almirez has fruit and structure and is perfumed and aromatic, with notes of fennel and aniseed. It has a juicy, round and fleshy palate with tannins that are fine and more polished tannins than in the wines from Rioja, as the vineyards are more adapted to the warm and dry conditions. In 2022, they aged it in French oak barrels, 30% of them new, for 14 months. This is possibly the most structured of the range. 80,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in March 2023. (Wine Advocate, June 2025)