Envínate 'Táganan' Tinto 2022

'Táganan' comes from the word Taganana, which is a tiny town in Tenerife, in the northeast. It's the oldest geological part of the island, one of the first volcanic buildings that emerged from the ocean eleven million years ago. 

This is a field blend of many grapes, mostly red. Listán Negro, Listán Gaucho, Malvasia Negra, Negramoll, Baboso, and many others. The vineyard is planted from the water up to 300 metres above sea level. These ancient, untrained vines are 70 to 150 years old. They grow on very steeply terraced, sandy, basaltic soils. Everything is hand harvested because it is impossible to use a machine in this rugged slopes. The wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts, some whole clusters, in open-top vats and concrete.

The wine ages in neutral oak for a year before bottling without fining or filtering. There's just a hint of reduction on the nose, but the palate is lovely and forward, with cherries and soil. Long, elegant finish. Only 4,000 bottles produced.