Envínate "Vidueño de Santiago del Teide" Tenerife Canary Islands 2023

Volcanic and vibrant, with smoky strawberry, red cherry, crunchy raspberry seed notes, fine tannins and refreshing acidity.

"Vidueño de Santiago del Teide" is sourced from a tiny 0.15 hectare parcel of old-vine, untrained pie franc Listán Blanco and Listán Prieto. This co-planted parcel is hand-harvested, destemmed and macerated for 15 days in an open tub, then transferred to three old French barriques to age for eight months on fine lees without battonage. Bottled without fining, filtration or any added SO2.

Envínate (translates as "wine yourself") is the brainchild of 4 friends, winemakers Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos, and José Martínez.  This gang of 4 formed back in 2005 while studying enology at the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante. Upon graduation, they formed a winemaking consultancy, which evolved into Envínate, a project that focuses on exploring distinctive parcels mainly in the Atlantic-inflected regions of Ribeira Sacra and the Canary Islands. Their collective aim is to make profoundly pure and authentic wines that express the terruño of each parcel in a clear and concise manner. To this end, no chemicals are used in any of the Envínate vineyards, all parcels are picked by hand, the grapes are foot-trodden, and the wines are fermented exclusively with wild yeasts, with a varying proportion of whole grape clusters included. For aging, the wines are raised in old barrels and concrete, and sulfur is only added at bottling, if needed. The results are some of the most exciting and honest wines being produced in Spain today.