Viñátigo Listán Negro 2024

For 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.

Listán 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.

Viñátigo 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 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.

Drink it with a sprawl of charcuterie, fried rabbit with mojo rojo, or a stew simmering on the stove.