Palo Blanco Parcela ’Las Molinas’ - Listan Blanco (24)

Listán Blanco (Palomino Fino) | perceel van 1,2 ha. in Los Realejos | vergisting in beton | rijping in een 1500 liter foudre, en deze wordt gebotteld als 'Las Molinas' | enorme energie | spanning | expressief | pit | zout | lengte | citrus | vuursteen | diep | iets rokerig | complex

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 second vintage of the 2023 Palo Blanco Las Molinas is quite similar to the regular Palo Blanco from the same year: saline, sharp and with great purity, precision and cleanliness. This matured in a Garbelotto 2,500-liter oak foudre. It has a moderate 11.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.01 and 7.48 grams of acidity. It's vibrant, full of energy and electricity, with effervescent freshness and volcanic minerality. This is very young but has the elements and the balance to age neatly in bottle. 2,500 bottles were filled in July 2024. 99/100 Luis Gutiérrez

2023 was drier in Tenerife than 2022 and was their earliest harvest everywhere except in Taganana where they had over 500 liters of rain, yet the wines from Envínate are phenomenal. In Santiago del Teide (Benje) it was warmer, with high peaks that blocked the plants and they had to lower the crop. It was a heterogeneous vintage there, and they had to harvest very early and sort and select and do shorter macerations that resulted in more immediate wines. They produced 50% less, even though they had leased a further three hectares. Now all their wines from the different zones are sold under the Tenerife appellation within Islas Canarias, and they have taken Benje out of the Ycoden-Daute-Isora DOP.

In La Orotava, 2023 was a very concentrated year that produced powerful wines with aging potential. Santa Úrsula is quite similar to La Orotava, as they neighbor each other. There was a fire there the 15th of August, but the wind blew in the opposite direction, and the wines did not get the much-feared smoke taint. But they harvested the first plots the sixth of August, and they had to pick the rest after the harvest, as the zone was cut off from traffic. In Taganana, 2023 was different from the rest of the island. It was the rainiest year there, they got higher crops and they have more vineyards. So, the wines from Taganana come from a textbook vintage when they harvested healthy grapes in good quantity, and the wines have a lot of finesse—a cooler and deeper version of the 2021s.