Medianias Listan Negro Vijariego Negro y Tintilla DO Valle de La Orotava Bodegas Suertes del Marques, 2019

A very special and really interesting wine: not only does it taste great, it has a great story to tell. Made on the island of Tenerife, one of Spain’s Canary Islands some 2,000 kilometres south of mainland Spain off Africa’s Western Sahara, the climate is hot and dry. Produced from the Listán Negro grape grown in the Valle de la Orotava in the north of the island, the wine has intense white and grey-pepper aromas. It is soft and lush on the palate, quite light bodied with more peppery spicy flavours complemented by red fruits. The vines are approximately 80 years old planted on volcanic soils – the island is dominated by El Teide, an active volcano and Spain’s highest mountain. The wine was matured in wooden vats and large French oak barrels for approximately nine months.