2023 Envinate 'Taganan' Blanco

Aromas of bruised orchard fruit, lemon peel, and chamomile integrate with savory notes of wet smoke, wild fennel, and a distinct flinty reduction. The palate is medium-bodied and strikingly saline, featuring a core of salted pear and citrus zest. It displays a sharp, crystalline acidity and a subtle phenolic grip from skin contact that leads to a long, tension-filled finish marked by sea spray and a bitter almond edge.

The winemaking team utilizes a field blend of native white grape varieties, including Listán Blanco, Albillo Criollo, Marmajuelo, Gual, and Malvasia, from vines ranging from 60 to 300 years old. The grapes are hand-harvested and fermented with native yeasts in separate parcels, with roughly 20% of the fruit undergoing skin contact in open-top vats. The wine is aged for eight months on its fine lees in a combination of neutral French oak barrels and stainless steel tanks, then bottled unfined and unfiltered with minimal sulfur to preserve the wild, Atlantic-inflected character of the fruit.

The fruit is grown in the Táganan area on the remote northeastern tip of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. The site is defined by its primary volcanic rock and basalt soils, situated on sheer cliffs that overlook the Atlantic Ocean at elevations between 75 and 300 meters. The ancient vines grow untrained and wild in a rugged landscape where all viticulture must be performed by hand. This extreme maritime environment, combined with the constant influence of the Alisios trade winds, produces a wine that is a transparent expression of its volcanic and oceanic origins.