Táganan Blanco - Fieldblend

Listan Blanco, Gual, Malvasia, Verdello, Marmajuelo, Forastera Gomera e.a. | Táganan betekent in lokaal dialect 'helling' | fieldblend van verschillende percelen | noordwesten van Tenerife | vulkanisch gesteente | 75-300 meter hoogte | hele oude bush vines |  vergisting in een mix van open betonnen en plastic tanks | rijping in gebruikt Frans eiken van 600 liter voor 6 maanden | intens wit | amandel | zilt | iets floraal | licht fruit | precisie | spanning | levendig

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

I also tasted the white 2020 Táganan Blanco, from another warm and dry year similar to 2019 that delivered even lower yields. But they learn from the experience, in the management of the vineyards but also from the experience of fermenting at higher temperature (something they started with Palo Blanco), and they also stopped using 228-liter barrels. Both in 2019 and 2020, they included the El Campanario vineyard here because volumes were tiny. The wine matured in neutral 600-liter oak barrels with fine lees without any racking or stirring of the lees. This didn't go through malolactic. The wine has more precision and definition and has more soil character and a vibrant palate with effervescent flavors and a very tasty, almost salty finish. 2,350 bottles were filled in June 2021. 95/100 Luis Gutiérrez

I tasted the 2019s and 2020s from Envínate in the Canary Islands, where they produced wines from different zones in Tenerife, in the north in Taganana, La Orotava and now also in Tacoronte-Acentejo, and in the south in Santiago del Teide. Both vintages were warm and dry, but 2020 is clearly superior for the white wines. Envínate is planning to build a brand-new winery from scratch, but the project will take a couple of years, so the objective is to vinify the 2023 vintage there. In Tenerife, they produce 100,000 bottles (in 2021), but some vintages are shorter, like 2020 when they produced 85,000 bottles. Their idea is to produce a grand total of 200,000 bottles between Canary Islands, Galicia and the Mediterranean. In Santiago del Teide in the south, they had half the rain they used to get before 2017, so very low yields. 2020 was a hurried ripeness, and all the zones ripened at the same time and very early. 2019 was a more balanced year. At La Orotava, both vintages were very good, without the issue with fog. But 2020 was also warmer, with a sunstroke during the summer that could easily produce some over-ripeness. They harvested some plots earlier and avoided that. The wine from Tacoronte-Acentejo is closer to the character of the wines from Taganana. They started there with a wine in 2020 that could be within the appellation of origin, but as the winery is outside the limits of the appellation, they cannot sell the wine with the appellation of origin. In Taganana, they did a great interpretation of the 2020 vintage, even if both were very dry.