Migan Tinto - Listan Negro (Cordon Trenzado) (24)

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 | floraal en puur | rijp klein fruit | stenig | kruidig | pit | kersen | verfijnd

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

The 2024 Migan was still unbottled and I tasted a barrel sample of the blend that they foresee for the final wine, blending wine from their different plots—60% Montijo, 25% Tío Luís and 15% La Habanera. 2023 and 2024 are both concentrated; but there were no heat waves in 2024, and the tannins seem to have achieved a much better ripeness. It has the textbook spicy note from the volcanic soils from La Orotava, and it is super clean and precise. They expect to fill some 6,000 bottles around November 2025. 95-96/100 Luis Gutiérrez

I tasted the bottled 2024s (and the bottled 2023 Migan) from Tenerife with Roberto Santana from Envínate in the middle of their 2025 harvest. 2024 was dry, similar to 2023, with uneven sprouting because of a warm winter, and they had to do a green harvest to correct that. There weren't any heat waves during the summer or harvest, and the harvest was early but not as early as 2023. It was a small crop for reds but very good—quality and quantity—for whites, all of them put through 100% malolactic. 2024 is the best year for La Santa. In Taganana, the style of the reds resembles 2021 or 2022, and the whites might resemble the style of 2023 but with more freshness.

In Tenerife, they work 18 hectares of the 22.5 hectares they control, and they own around 7.5 hectares, with three to five of them in Taganana. In 2024, they produced close to 80,000 bottles, a little less than in 2023.