Eguren Teso Monja, Alabaster Vintage:2011 but the plummy fruit and

but the plummy fruit and spicy wood appear to be nicely integrated

the most elegant Montsant I've ever drunk

My recent visit to Giacomo Conterno was fascinating

and graphite are just some of the nuances here

(from Vignes Franches)

Eguren Teso Monja, Alabaster Vintage:2011 but the plummy fruit andThe 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