{"title":"Canary Islands Wines","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"vinatigo-listan-blanco-de-canarias","title":"Viñátigo Listán Blanco de Canarias 2025","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor decades, Juan Jesús Méndez has been the driving force behind the Canary Islands' grape revival, tracking down and rescuing varieties that were nearly lost. Viñátigo's wines are his living archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePicture a windswept vineyard at 500 metres in the highlands of Icod de los Vinos and La Guancha, in the north of Tenerife. The Atlantic whispers to the vines. The shadow of the Teide volcano looms. This is where Juan Jesús, a fourth-generation winemaker, works his magic. His Listán Blanco is a living relic, a grape brought by Andalusian settlers in the 1700s, now thriving in volcanic soil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe vines grow on parrales, ancient trellises passed down from Portuguese settlers, twisting and climbing across the dramatic slopes. The wine crackles with energy. Salty, herbal. It smells like wild fennel tangled with sun-warmed fig leaves, a dusting of almond skin, and that unmistakable volcanic grip. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBright, razor sharp with acidity. This is the wine you want with charred octopus, wrinkled Canarian potatoes, and a reckless drizzle of mojo verde. Drink it with a body of water in view.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viñátigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50846393860398,"sku":null,"price":51.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Vinatigo_Listan_Blanco_de_Canarias.png?v=1755833744"},{"product_id":"vinatigo-camino-de-la-pena","title":"Viñátigo Camino de la Peña Vino de Parcela 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuan Jesús Méndez is basically the keeper of Canary Island wine memory. Fourth generation, spent his whole life tracking down forgotten grapes that were about to disappear. Now his son Jorge is taking over. Jorge worked all over. Spain, Burgundy, Chile, Argentina, and now he's back, looking for micro-vineyards so extreme they feel like secrets. Like this one, tucked in a volcanic ravine in the highlands of Icod de los Vinos, on Tenerife's wild north side.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis isn't just a vineyard. It's an island inside an island. Paraje La Peña is this narrow crack in the earth, carved out by Mount Teide and sheltered by a thick pine forest. At 450 metres, the vines cling to volcanic cliffs using an old Portuguese training system called parrales. The trade winds just batter them, which gives everything this insane freshness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFermentation in amphora with no racking, a static ageing that feels less like work and more like a really long, deep sleep. The wine that comes out is startling. Deep, textural, weightless in that way volcanic wines can be. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt's tight and smoky on the nose, then it explodes on the palate. Yellow plum, peach, tahini, smoked sea salt, raw almond paste, pine forest. The finish just lingers, with this stony fling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viñátigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50970132807982,"sku":null,"price":84.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Vi_tigo_Camino_de_la_Pe_a_Vino_de_Parcela.png?v=1755833935"},{"product_id":"vinatigo-lomo-de-la-era-vino-de-parcela","title":"Viñátigo Lomo de la Era Vino de Parcela 2023","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ds-message _63c77b1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ds-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuan Jesús Méndez spent his whole life hunting down forgotten grapes in the Canary Islands. Now his son Jorge is doing something a little different. He's looking for the places those grapes came from. Like Lomo de la Era, this steep plot on the western side of La Orotava Valley where the volcanic rock basically busts right through the soil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFive hundred thousand years ago, a massive landslide carved this whole valley after the huge Cañadas volcano collapsed because of the brutal seismic activity. The vines sit at 500 metres on the stony western shoulder of the valley, and are trained in this old cultivation method called cordon trenzado. The vines look like braids, like five-metre-long serpents crawling down the volcanic slopes, drinking in that salty Atlantic air.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the cellar, Jorge starts off with pre-fermentative oxidation, and the juice goes through spontaneous fermentation, and ages for nine months in amphora with no racking. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wine is extremely textured and salty. It tastes like astringent quince and fresh honeycomb, with this little spark of flint and gunpowder that makes you go, huh. The nose is reminiscent of thick tahini paste, spiced honey and a little vegetal fling, like raw white fennel bulb.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrink it on a fourth date. The one where you're both trying to play it cool but you already know.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viñátigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50970256933166,"sku":null,"price":84.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Vi_tigo_Lomo_de_la_Era_Vino_de_Parcela.png?v=1755833950"},{"product_id":"vinatigo-listan-negro","title":"Viñátigo Listán Negro 2024","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"ds-message _63c77b1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ds-markdown\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor decades, Juan Jesús Méndez has been the driving force behind the Canary Islands' grape revival, tracking down and rescuing varieties that were almost lost. Viñátigo's wines are his living archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eListán Negro is Canary Islands' own, a grape born from a natural crossing of Listán Blanco and Negramoll, varieties brought by Portuguese and Andalusian settlers centuries ago. It's not just history in a glass. It's a botanical evolution you can actually taste.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eViñátigo grows it in the wind-scoured midlands of northern Tenerife, where volcanic soil and Atlantic gusts shape every cluster. Hand-harvested, aged just three months in neutral barrels. This is a\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e juicy, vibrant red that smells like freshly cracked black pepper, the scent left on your hands after picking figs on a summer evening, and the deep jammy smell of crushed blackberries. Then there's this strike of volcanic flint, an electric stony spark that cracks right through the fruit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrink it with a sprawl of charcuterie, fried rabbit with mojo rojo, or a stew simmering on the stove.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Viñátigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50976996819246,"sku":null,"price":54.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Vinatigo_Listan_Negro.png?v=1755709221"},{"product_id":"envinate-lousas-ribeira-sacra-2023","title":"Envínate Lousas Ribeira Sacra 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003eEnvínate is Laura, Jose, Roberto, and Alfonso, friends from university, who are obsessed with Spain’s ancient, Atlantic-battered terroirs. Their mission is simple: find a forgotten parcel of vines, and let it speak for itself. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003eThis is their village wine from Ribeira Sacra, a place so steep the slate soil is called \u003cem\u003eLousa, \u003c\/em\u003ea rock that heats by day and breathes a cool, floral, stony energy into the grapes by night. It’s a wild field blend of Mencía, Merenzao, Brancellao, and others, all co-planted on slopes that plunge into the Sil River.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e2023 vintage\u003cspan\u003e is a total knockout of a vintage (it was a hot, dry year, which just concentrated everything). It’s so perfumed and fragrant (dried roses, violets, crushed black pepper, pomegranate, wild strawberry) with this electric, flinty smoke running through it. It's almost giving Northern Rhône Syrah vibes... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe palate is all crystalline energy: salty-mineral, packed with peppery tannins. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003ePair with grilled octopus with smoked paprika, charcoal-roasted lamb, or a bowl of garlicky lentils on a stormy night.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envínate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51711475450158,"sku":null,"price":79.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Env_nate_Lousas.png?v=1759263617"},{"product_id":"vinatigo-maipe-de-taganana-vino-de-parcela-2024","title":"Viñátigo Maipe de Taganana Vino de Parcela 2024","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuan Jesús Méndez is basically the keeper of Canary Island wine memory. Fourth generation, spent his whole life tracking down forgotten grapes that were about to disappear. Now his son Jorge is taking over. Jorge worked all over—Spain, Burgundy, Chile, Argentina—and now he's back, looking for micro-vineyards so extreme they feel like secrets.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMaipe is one of those places. It's in Taganana, a tiny village in the Anaga Massif, northeast Tenerife. The vines were planted ungrafted more than 120 years ago. Then in the early 1900s, a landslide buried the whole vineyard. For a hundred years, the vines slowly unburied themselves, pushing up through the rocks. Now it looks like something out of a dream: massive white boulders everywhere, vines climbing out from underneath them like octopuses defying nature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJorge fermented the grapes with native yeasts in amphora, no racking, then aged it a few months in neutral French oak. He wanted to respect the old traditional methods of the area that have always given Taganana wines that golden, slightly oxidized hue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe wine is complex. Smells like gun powder, thyme, fennel, honeysuckle, a little forest floor. On the palate it's dense and ample from all that time on the lees, but there's this natural acidity that gives it tension and structure.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viñátigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51869816291630,"sku":null,"price":84.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Vinatigo_Maipe_de_Taganana_Vino_de_Parcela_2024.png?v=1774556296"},{"product_id":"vinatigo-elaboraciones-ancestrales-blanco-2023","title":"Viñátigo Elaboraciones Ancestrales Blanco 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJuan Jesús Méndez has spent his whole life making sure the Canary Islands didn't forget its own grapes. Fourth generation, kind of obsessed, the guy you want in charge of something this important. This wine is his nod to the old ways, the really old ways, the kind where you leave white grapes on their skins for months like they've been doing in Georgia forever.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e2023 was a tough year. Warm, dry, fires across the island, everything ripening way too fast. They picked early, ended up with 12% alcohol, which turned out to be exactly right. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMostly Gual, a little Listán Blanco. Harvested in mid-August, then the grapes just sat there in concrete eggs, skins and all, until late January. Five months. Then pressed, bottled. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe smell is wild. Rosemary, bay leaves, incense, like walking through a Mediterranean hillside after rain. The palate is rich and almost creamy, but then there's this fragrant pepper thing and a finish that just keeps going, with this gentle grip from the skins. One of the most elegant orange wines we've ever had.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrink it with lamb. Lamb marinated in herbs, cooked over fire. This wine will wait for you, so if you want to tuck it away and wait 10 years, it will definitely hold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Viñátigo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51869816586542,"sku":null,"price":87.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/PunsetPre-order_64.png?v=1774555743"},{"product_id":"envinate-benje-blanco-2022","title":"Envínate 'Benje' Blanco 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnvínate is a collective of winemakers, four friends from four different regions of Spain. Roberto Santana is from Tenerife, which is where this wine comes from. 'Benje' means mountain or crater in Amazigh, the language of the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Benje' comes from Santiago del Teide, a tiny village, suspended at high elevation, flanked by the Teide volcano on one side. The last eruption on Tenerife happened here in 1905, lava pouring down, shaping everything. The settlers from Castilla arrived in the 16th century and planted bush vines because it gets hot down here, unlike the north. The bush vines protect the grapes from burning under that brutal sun. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2022 was a very good vintage. Good vegetation growth, good ripeness, more delicate and elegant wines. They used less \u003cem\u003eflor\u003c\/em\u003e this year, which is normally used to sharpen the whites, because the cooler vintage brought its own freshness. Flor is a protective, whitish film of yeast that grows on the surface of wine during barrel ageing. It's what happens in Jerez with Finos and Manzanillas and in Jura with Vin Jaune. The nose is extremely expressive, nuanced, subtle. Smoky notes, orchard fruit, brine and salt on the palate, lively acidity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the finest vintage of Benje to date according to many.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envínate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373095809326,"sku":null,"price":77.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Envinate_Benje_Blanco_2022.png?v=1785875009"},{"product_id":"envinate-benje-tinto-2022","title":"Envínate 'Benje' Tinto 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnvínate is a collective of winemakers, four friends from four different regions of Spain. Roberto Santana is from Tenerife, which is where this wine comes from. 'Benje' means mountain or crater in Amazigh, the language of the aboriginal people of the Canary Islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBenje comes from Santiago del Teide, a tiny village suspended at high elevation, flanked by the Teide volcano on one side. The last eruption on Tenerife happened here in 1905, lava pouring down, shaping everything. The settlers from Castilla arrived in the 16th century and planted bush vines because it gets hot down here, unlike the north. Those bush vines protect the grapes from burning under that brutal sun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eListán Prieto, Listán Negro, and a touch of Tintilla. Ungrafted, clinging to volcanic sands at 900 to 1,200 metres. Fermented in concrete tanks and open tubs for fermentation, 10 to 20 days of maceration depending on the plot. Eight months in old French barriques on fine lees, no stirring, just time. The 2022 vintage is one of the most elegant Benje Tinto to date. Floral, expressive, precise. Wild strawberry and raspberry, volcanic ash and flint. Then rose petals and talcum powder, soft, velvety. Cherry brushed with sea breeze, smoky strawberry, crushed peppercorn. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBottled unfiltered. Drink it slightly chilled, with grilled meats, with a plate of cured things.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envínate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373096005934,"sku":null,"price":77.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Envinate_Benje_Tinto_2022.png?v=1785875613"},{"product_id":"envinate-migan-tinto-2020","title":"Envínate 'Migan' Tinto 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnvínate is a collective of winemakers, four friends from four different regions of Spain. Roberto Santana is from Tenerife, which is where this wine comes from. Migan is the ancient name for La Perdoma, a village in La Orotava, where these vines cling to the slopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a blend of four plots from the area of La Perdma. Montijo gives 40% of the grapes, Tío Luis 30%, La Habanera 20%, and Las Suertes 10%. Red volcanic soils, altitudes bouncing between 350 and 600 metres. In 2020, they dropped the San Antonio vineyard used in previous years and brought in Montijo, a higher altitude plot with less clay. The result is a special extra kick that's all about more freshness and finer tannins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2020 was an early harvest. Each plot fermented separately with indigenous yeasts. 70% of the wine spent time in neutral 500- and 600-litre oak barrels, while the Tío Luis plot went into concrete. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSix years after being made, this wine is exploding with an aromatic power very different to when it was released. It has lost its tightness with time. There is still great freshness, fine tannins, a structure that suggests this will outshine the 2019 in the long run. Give it air and a bit of patience after opening. Let it breath a bit. Listán Negro's own dreams of black pepper, fig tree leaf and dark fruit will start to shine through shortly after. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envínate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373096399150,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Envinate_Migan_Tinto_2020.png?v=1785876069"},{"product_id":"envinate-palo-blanco-2021","title":"Envínate 'Palo Blanco' 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnvínate is a collective of winemakers, four friends from four different regions of Spain. Roberto Santana is from Tenerife, which is where this wine comes from. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePalo Blanco is a viticultural zone within Los Realejos, an area famous for the quality of its Listán Blanco. Los Realejos is the western-most village in the Orotava Valley. Envínate sources grapes from five different plots here, with the highest vineyards pushing 850 metres. Black volcanic basalt soils, Atlantic humidity and freshness. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWhole clusters pressed, juice settled overnight, then fermented without skins or malolactic conversion. Large concrete tanks, indigenous yeasts, no temperature control. Ten months in two 2,500-litre oval Friulian foudres build texture without interrupting that volcanic nerve. Bottled unfined, unfiltered, minimal sulphur.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe 2021 vintage ran cooler and later here than the rest of Tenerife. Altitude and Atlantic exposure shielded the grapes from the August heat, so the wine came out vibrant, fresh, precise. The nose has a light reductive quality that blows off into flowers and herbs. The palate is electric, saline, linear.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePalo Blanco has always been my favourite Envínate wine. I'm genuinely stoked to have it in the shop.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envínate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373096956206,"sku":null,"price":108.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Envinate_Palo_Blanco_2021.png?v=1785879159"},{"product_id":"envinate-la-santa-de-ursula-2022","title":"Envínate 'La Santa de Úrsula' 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eEnvínate is a collective of winemakers, four friends from four different regions of Spain. Roberto Santana is from Tenerife, which is where this wine comes from. La Santa de Úrsula comes from La Corujera area, on the northeastern coast of Tenerife, in the highlands of Santa Úrsula. Three parcels of centenarian, ungrafted vines, a field blend of Listán Negro, Negramoll, and Listán Blanco, planted between 350 and 650 metres on sand and clay soils over red basalt bedrock. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA small portion saw carbonic maceration, all in concrete, then blended and rested eight months on lees in 228-litre neutral French oak. Bottled unfined, unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2022 vintage is darker and riper than its predecessor. Cherry and bramble lead the charge, then the soil asserts itself with gun smoke, balsamic lift, rose petals and talcum powder. The palate is juicy, with fine tannins. The tension between ripe fruit and volcanic mineral grip is simply marvelous.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envínate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52373100429614,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/5815\/0190\/files\/Envinate_La_Santa_de_Ursula_2022.png?v=1785879579"}],"url":"https:\/\/canarycounter.com\/collections\/canary-islands-wines.oembed","provider":"Canary Counter","version":"1.0","type":"link"}