Envinate - Migan Chingao Tenerife Canary Islands 2022 (750ml)
Price: $41.00
| Producer | Envinate |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Canary Islands |
| Varietal | Listan Negro |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Sku | 6990 |
| Size | 750ml |
Envinate Description
Listán Negro from centenarian piè franco vines trained in the ancient cordon trenzado in theLa Habanera parcel at 600m. The grapes fermented and macerated on the skins and stems in concrete tank for 15 days without temperature control. Then, the wine was pressed to a6300L concrete tank to complete spontaneous malolactic fermentation and rest. Bottled directly from the concrete tank without fining, filtering, or addition of sulfur.
Wine Advocate: 94 Points
The 2022 Migan Chingao was produced with Listán Negro grapes from cordón trenzado braided ancient vines from a 1.4-hectare vineyard called La Habanera in the Valle de la Orotava at 550 to 600 meters in altitude on bland basalt soils and a north-facing exposition. It fermented with 100% full clusters in concrete for 17 days and matured in a 4200-liter concrete vat without racking or any added sulfur at any point of the process. It was bottled directly from the vat unfined and unfiltered to keep as much carbonic gas as possible as it would act as preservative. It has a clean and precise nose with some reductive character and no sign of evolution or deviation. It's a textbook red from La Orotava with dried roses black pepper and lapilli notes and a tasty palate and a dry and chalky finish. This is only sold in the US. 2000 bottles and 24 magnums were filled in July 2023. Envínate has increased a little the vineyard surface in Taganana and from 2023 onward could produce a little bit more of their wines from the zone in the northeast of Tenerife. They work there and also in the regions of Orotava Tacoronte and Santiago del Teide. All the wines will be moved to the Tenerife appellation within the generic Islas Canarias appellation in 2023. In 2022 the wines from Santiago del Teide are still Ycode-Da and the others are Islas Canarias - Tenerife. In Santiago del Teide 2022 was a very good vintage with good vegetation growth that protected the grapes from the sun good ripeness and more delicate and elegant wines. 2021 was extremely warm and dry with heat strokes that blocked the vines and the grapes got a hurried ripeness with some herbal notes. In the region of Tacoronte they produce one red and one special cuvée for a Canary restaurant in Madrid called Gofio. Here 2021 was a better less hurried vintage with more elegant wines than the warmer and more concentrated 2022 but the 2022s also showed very well. In the Orotava Valley they have two new whites from 2022 where the vintages are similar to the part of Tacoronte where they work so the 2021s showed fresher and the 2022s more concentrated and a little riper. In Taganana in the northeast of Tenerife the vintages are similar to the wines from Tacoronte and Orotava. There were good rains in 2022 that allowed the plants to close the cycle and the wines are fresher and have very good balance. 2022 feels similar to 2020 a drier year warmer and with riper wines but in Taganana it never gets too warm. In fact it never got warmer than 30 degrees Celsius that summer. Published: Nov 30 2023
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