Around the hamlet of Taganana that lends its name to this "jewel" of the Envinate one will find some of the most isolated, authentic and ancient vineyards of Tenerife. Here, in the steep inhospitable topography of the region, tourism has not caught up with the same pace and one will be able to find ancient small autochthonous vineyards in steep places...
Benje Blanco is produced on the northwest side of Tenerife in the most mountainous organic vineyards at an altitude of around 1000m. The vines are autochthonous, ranging in age from 70 to 100 years and the Listan Blanco variety may be better known to you as Palomino Fino from the dry sherry of the Andalusian coast. Of course here Listan Blanco comes...
The multiple small vineyard plots have not been subjected to any chemical intervention except for the addition of sulphur in some of the vineyards. Each vineyard is vinified individually with their indigenous yeasts, with no sulphites added, and the malolactic is spontaneous as well. The wine will be aged in a combination of 228lt neutral barrels as well...
La Santa de Ursula shares wild botanical hints, flowers and beautiful red fruits. A minerality reminiscent of smoke and sulphur is typical of Tenerife wines and this wine does not fall short of that. Wild, special, unique and typical of the region, La Santa de Ursula is vinified differently depending on the vineyard, and part of it is vinified with...
The vineyards are cultivated under the supervision of local winemakers and Roberto Santana from Envinate. The harvest, as with all wines, is manual and the grapes are pressed whole in large concrete tanks where they ferment spontaneously. Maturation takes place in two large oval-shaped foudres and concrete tanks, and the wine is bottled unfiltered and...
The vineyards are cultivated under the supervision of local winemakers and Roberto Santana from Envinate. The harvest, as with all wines, is manual and the grapes are pressed whole in large concrete tanks where they ferment spontaneously. Maturation takes place in two large oval-shaped foudres and concrete tanks, and the wine is bottled unfiltered and...
A complex combination of varieties such as Listan Negro, Listan Prieto, Baboso, Negramoll, Malvasia Nera and other local varieties are blended into the single vineyard which is over 100 years old. This ancient vineyard is autochthonous and the plants are cultivated organically, without support, at an altitude of up to about 250 metres directly above the...
