Jable de Tao - Malvasía Volcánica, Listán B & N, Diego (23)
Omschrijving
Malvasía volcánica, Listán blanco, Diego & Listán negro | wijngaarden verdeeld over het eiland | stokken tussen de 50 en 200 jaar oud | 'Jable' zand en vulkanisch terroir | vergisting en rijping in 500 liter eikenhouten vaten, foudres en beton | 'een profiel van het eiland' | zacht en breed | zout | puur | vetje | stenig | rijk karakter | expressief
Jable de Tao
Een fantastisch nieuw project op het oudste vulkanische Canarische Eiland, Lanzarote. Een gave combinatie van lokale druivenrassen, minimale interventie, laag alcohol en jonge 'new wave' energie die wil bewijzen dat ze met respect voor de natuur en mens, authentieke producten kunnen produceren met een groot herkomst gevoel. Alle wijngaarden zijn biologisch, sommige in eigendom en sommige van lokale telers. Een naam om in de gaten te houden!
Review
The 2023 Jable de Tao Blanco was produced with a blend of Malvasía Volcánica, Listán Blanco, Diego and Listán Negro from different zones and soils showcasing Lanzarote. The full clusters were pressed at low pressure, and the juice was let to settle for 24 hours. It fermented with indigenous yeasts in different containers, depending on the variety, and also aged in different materials—concrete eggs, ceramic, foudre from Austria and France, 500-liter barrels and stainless steel—for a period of 10 months. It has 12% alcohol and a pH of 2.91 and is pale and bright, with a creamy touch and clean and focused aromas, subtle and elegant. This comes from a less warm year with higher yields, and there's more acidity in the wines (there was a lot of malic acid and only some 30% of the volume went through malolactic). It finishes with a salty twist, expressive and mineral. 16,500 bottles were filled in My 2024. 93/100 Luis Gutiérrez
2023 is the second vintage from Jable de Tao, a family winery created in Tias in Lanzarote, from a year with a large crop. They own 16 hectares of vines and purchase grapes from 30 growers from different parts of the island. Carmelo Peña is in charge of winemaking. There's a lot less oak in the 2023 wines, because in 2022 everything was new. Also in 2022, all wines went through malolactic, whereas in 2023, only two whites (Diego and Chupadero) went through it. Production is 20,000 bottles, but in the bumper crop of 2023, they produced 45,000 bottles.