Place: Tenerife (Canary Island), Spain from Yconde-Daute-Isora appellation.
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Vigneron: Envinate (Cuvee Viticole)
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Grape: Listán Blanco; Vintage: 2017
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Color: Deep gold to amber around the rim. Why is the color gold for a young wine? *** I don’t know, maybe skin contact, or oxidative wine making style? @brianmcclinticms @envinatewine
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Nose: Not floral, not citrus, spices (cinnamon, fennel seeds)
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Taste: Good structure, soft acidity throughout, sweet spice taste, interesting that it’s packing quite a bit of tannins for a white wine from mid-palate through long finish. — 6 years ago
Delicate with great pepper notes — 9 years ago
Predicador de Benjamin Romeo. Un must de los blancos españoles — 10 years ago
Light, dry, bright wine. Found in Spain 18€ — 11 years ago
Loved this crisp, slightly effervescent, dry rose — 4 years ago
Sweet and refreshing. Amazing — 4 years ago
A new favorite! It’s funky and I like it! Mega rocky minerals. Pepper. Dark fruit. Eucalyptus!!! — 5 years ago
J U I C Y
A chilled red on a perfect Arizona day, what more does one need?
This is a tart juice, cranberry with a lil strawberry sidekick. Perfect to drink by itself or with a meal. Held up with our pasta night! — 5 years ago
Citrus and rather pithy - lovely organic wine - quite nice — 6 years ago
sherry style — so good — 6 years ago
At Compline in Napa — 7 years ago
#spanishwines are terrific values. This beauty I think ran $14 from our friends at. #winelibrary — 9 years ago
Lovely & amazing — 10 years ago
Technically 2010, though officially NV. Incredible. Ordered from NY but I hope to find a local supplier. — 11 years ago
Yellow apple, grapefruit, lemon, minerally, saline. Beachy mediterranean vibes. Delicious! — 4 years ago
Love this wine - soft on the palate, gentle spice (coriander) on the nose. Perfect accompaniment to cooking dinner! — 5 years ago
Non sweet but light bodied. Like a perfect, lightweight, summary pinot. No fruit. Liked a lot. — 5 years ago
Very good! Whole lot going on here. — 6 years ago
stone fruits, fleshy green olives, subtle floral notes. reminds me of a creamier chenin blanc — 6 years ago
Vintage 2015 — 7 years ago
Enjoyed it with pintxos — 7 years ago
2011 vintage — 10 years ago
Adorable label! — 12 years ago
John Tan
Sanshugong.
12% alc. Margalagua is a charismatic parcel of the Taganan vineyard comprising 100- to 300-year-old vines on a uniquely iron-rich seam of rocky volcanic soil. This treacherously steep vineyard site is planted with a mix of mostly indigenous red grapes, such as Negramoll and Listán Negro, with a small amount of Listán Blanco. This parcel is about elegance and depth rather than power: due to the silky character of the wines, it is vinified differently with a much longer (30- to 45-day) maceration and 100% stem-inclusion, yielding a darker, bolder, richer wine.
[Vintage 2018:] “This vineyard has been vinified and bottled separately since 2012 because it has a very strong personality, not surprisingly, because it's one of the most fascinating and exceptional vineyards I've ever seen in my life. . . This is a translucent bright ruby color, and it's aromatic, floral, spicy and mineral, expressive and super fresh, because of the year and because they have new cooler vineyards. It has lots of notes of violets and lilies. The flavors are pungent, precise, clean, symmetric and very elegant, with refined tannins and a tasty, somewhat salty finish. This is the best wine they have produced to date. Truly word-class.” WA 98 (Luis Gutiérrez) — 3 years ago