Eguren Teso Monja, Alabaster Vintage:2007 Laura is a doctor in

Laura is a doctor in San Francisco but is already at the helm of the family winery

and in this powerful and ripe year

This is a Bâtard of finesse and understated rather than overt muscle and imposing size and weight

This is class in a glass though make no mistake that it is a wine that is going to require extended keeping if you wish to see it at its peak

To explain some of the many things I saw and learned from them

Eguren Teso Monja, Alabaster Vintage:2007 Laura is a doctor inThe 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