Migan Tinto - Listan Negro (Cordon Trenzado) (21)

Listán Negro | vier percelen in La Orotava | 500-850 meter hoog | 100+ jaar oude stokken | terroir van rode basalt | vergisting in beton | rijping in 2500 liter en 350 liter gebruikt Frans eiken | puur | tikje reductie | viooltjes | kers | precies | iets aards | peperig | fijne zuren

Envínate

Een joint venture gestart door vier wijn-nerds die elkaar zijn tegengekomen op de Universiteit. Een sprookjesverhaal toch? Na een aantal oogsten is hun reputatie flink gestegen en maken ze super wijnen op 3 verschillende locaties; langs de westkust van Tenerife, in Ribeira Sacra en in Almansa. Wijnen met laserprecisie, super energie en met een licht natuurlijk randje! Een prachtige aanvulling op ons portfolio!

Review

I tasted two vintages, including this 2019 Migan, of the village red from La Perdoma in the valley of La Orotava that carries the old name of the village. It comes from five plots—Tío Luis (30%), La Habanera (25%), San Antonio (20%), Montijo (15%) and Las Suertes (10%)—on red volcanic soils and at different altitudes, between 350 and 600 meters above sea level, where altitude defines the character of the plot. 2019 was warm and dry but with good ripeness, and they fermented the grapes by plot in different ways but always with indigenous yeasts. Seventy percent of the wine matured in neutral 500- and 600-liter oak barrels, while the wine from Tío Luis matured in concrete. The nose is very precise and clean, austere perhaps, showing the textbook aromas of dried petals and freshly cracked peppercorns. With time in the glass, the wine shows a little riper than the 2020. The palate reveals abundant, slightly dusty tannins. 12,500 bottles and 60 magnums were produced. It was bottled in December 2020. Luis Gutierrez 94+/100

I tasted the 2019s and 2020s from Envínate in the Canary Islands, where they produced wines from different zones in Tenerife, in the north in Taganana, La Orotava and now also in Tacoronte-Acentejo, and in the south in Santiago del Teide. Both vintages were warm and dry, but 2020 is clearly superior for the white wines. Envínate is planning to build a brand-new winery from scratch, but the project will take a couple of years, so the objective is to vinify the 2023 vintage there. In Tenerife, they produce 100,000 bottles (in 2021), but some vintages are shorter, like 2020 when they produced 85,000 bottles. Their idea is to produce a grand total of 200,000 bottles between Canary Islands, Galicia and the Mediterranean. In Santiago del Teide in the south, they had half the rain they used to get before 2017, so very low yields. 2020 was a hurried ripeness, and all the zones ripened at the same time and very early. 2019 was a more balanced year. At La Orotava, both vintages were very good, without the issue with fog. But 2020 was also warmer, with a sunstroke during the summer that could easily produce some over-ripeness. They harvested some plots earlier and avoided that. The wine from Tacoronte-Acentejo is closer to the character of the wines from Taganana. They started there with a wine in 2020 that could be within the appellation of origin, but as the winery is outside the limits of the appellation, they cannot sell the wine with the appellation of origin. In Taganana, they did a great interpretation of the 2020 vintage, even if both were very dry.