2022 Envinate Taganan Tinto
| Type of Wine | Red |
|---|---|
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Canary Islands |
| Winery | |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Grape | , |
| Content (Alc) | 0.75 ltr (12%) |
| Drink window | 2024 - 2030 |
Description
Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos and José Martínez are the 4 winemakers of Envínate. They had started to provide oenological advice, but decided to combine this with their own wines in the same areas in which they also advise. Their philosophy is to create fresh, crisp wines from local grapes that reflect the unique terroir and Atlantic climate. The results speak for themselves: honest and interesting wines.
Táganan is the name of the village where the vineyards (northwest on volcanic surfaces) are found. These vineyards are located closer to the coastline. Taganan is a blend of different terroirs in Tacaronte (Tenerife). The red Táganan comes from different plots, mainly planted with Listán Negro and Negramoll and also some Mulata, Listán Gacho (pink/rosé) and Malvasía Rosada. It fermented at 50% to 70% as bunches depending on the plot and aged for a year in well-seasoned 50-gallon neural oak barrels. The taste is lively, long and fresh, with fine tannins and deeper and very layered with aromas of subtle pepperiness, sesame, grapefruit and a positive hint of some earthiness. A beautiful wine of which there are always only a very limited number of bottles. In an average year around 2,500 maximum and often less. This Taganan is a collector's item. A red super wine with Atlantic Sea injection. Parker writes in his review: "A real triumph"
Specifications
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Canary Islands |
| Winery | Envinate |
| Grape | Listán Negro, Negra mole |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2030 |
| Alcohol % | 12 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 95 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Fruity, Spicy, Red fruit |
| Drink moments | Barbecue, Borrelen, Cadeau!, Met vrienden, Open haard, Voor alledag |
Professional Reviews
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 95
Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price: $55
Drink Date: 2025 - 2030
There's a herbal and reductive twist in the 2021 Táganan Tinto, from the black basalt soils of Taganana. The palate is austere and stony, very different from the 2022 I tasted next to it. In 2021, they started bottling this wine after nine or 10 months of élevage, before the following harvest. 4,000 bottles were filled in July 2022.
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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James Suckling
ENVÍNATE VINOS ATLÁNTICOS TÁGANAN 2021
Monday, September 18, 2023
Country: Spain
Region: Spain
Vintage: 2021
Score: 95
Engaging wild berry fruit and funk, delivering a wine that is incredibly fresh, tangy and precise with aromas of subtle mezcal pepperiness, white sesame, grapefruit and a positive hint of escargot earthiness/funk. Lively and linear palate with incredibly juicy, fresh berries which are very transparent and ethereal. Tempting, lingering finish full of wild berries.
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Envínate (translates as "wine itself") is the brainchild of 4 friends, winemakers Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos and José Martínez. This gang of four was founded in 2005 while studying oenology at the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante. After graduating, they formed a winemaking consultancy, which evolved into Envínate, a project focused on exploring distinctive plots of land, mainly in the Atlantic regions of Ribeira Sacra and the Canary Islands. Their shared goal is to make very pure and authentic wines that express the terruño of each parcel in a clear and concise way. To this end, no chemicals are used in any of the Envínate vineyards, all plots are picked by hand, the grapes are trodden and the wines are fermented exclusively with wild yeasts, with a varying proportion of whole grape bunches included. Before maturing, the wines are aged in old barrels and concrete, and sulfur is only added at bottling when necessary. The result is some of the most exciting and honest wines produced in Spain today.
Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos and José Martínez are the 4 winemakers of Envínate. They had started to provide oenological advice, but decided to combine this with their own wines in the same areas in which they also advise. Their philosophy is to create fresh, crisp wines from local grapes that reflect the unique terroir and Atlantic climate. The results speak for themselves: honest and interesting wines.
Táganan is the name of the village where the vineyards (northwest on volcanic surfaces) are found. These vineyards are located closer to the coastline. Taganan is a blend of different terroirs in Tacaronte (Tenerife). The red Táganan comes from different plots, mainly planted with Listán Negro and Negramoll and also some Mulata, Listán Gacho (pink/rosé) and Malvasía Rosada. It fermented at 50% to 70% as bunches depending on the plot and aged for a year in well-seasoned 50-gallon neural oak barrels. The taste is lively, long and fresh, with fine tannins and deeper and very layered with aromas of subtle pepperiness, sesame, grapefruit and a positive hint of some earthiness. A beautiful wine of which there are always only a very limited number of bottles. In an average year around 2,500 maximum and often less. This Taganan is a collector's item. A red super wine with Atlantic Sea injection. Parker writes in his review: "A real triumph"
| Block Bundle Options | No |
|---|---|
| Type of Wine | Red |
| Country | Spain |
| Region | Canary Islands |
| Winery | Envinate |
| Grape | Listán Negro, Negra mole |
| Biological certified | No |
| Natural wine | No |
| Vegan | No |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Drinking as of | 2024 |
| Drinking till | 2030 |
| Alcohol % | 12 |
| Alcohol free/low | No |
| Content | 0.75 ltr |
| Oak aging | Yes |
| Sparkling | No |
| Dessert wine | No |
| Closure | Cork |
| Parker rating | 95 |
| James Suckling rating | 95 |
| Tasting Profiles | Fruity, Spicy, Red fruit |
| Drink moments | Barbecue, Borrelen, Cadeau!, Met vrienden, Open haard, Voor alledag |
Parker
The Wine Advocate
RP 95
Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez
Release Price: $55
Drink Date: 2025 - 2030
There's a herbal and reductive twist in the 2021 Táganan Tinto, from the black basalt soils of Taganana. The palate is austere and stony, very different from the 2022 I tasted next to it. In 2021, they started bottling this wine after nine or 10 months of élevage, before the following harvest. 4,000 bottles were filled in July 2022.
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
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
James Suckling
ENVÍNATE VINOS ATLÁNTICOS TÁGANAN 2021
Monday, September 18, 2023
Country: Spain
Region: Spain
Vintage: 2021
Score: 95
Engaging wild berry fruit and funk, delivering a wine that is incredibly fresh, tangy and precise with aromas of subtle mezcal pepperiness, white sesame, grapefruit and a positive hint of escargot earthiness/funk. Lively and linear palate with incredibly juicy, fresh berries which are very transparent and ethereal. Tempting, lingering finish full of wild berries.
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua...
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Envínate (translates as "wine itself") is the brainchild of 4 friends, winemakers Roberto Santana, Alfonso Torrente, Laura Ramos and José Martínez. This gang of four was founded in 2005 while studying oenology at the University of Miguel Hernandez in Alicante. After graduating, they formed a winemaking consultancy, which evolved into Envínate, a project focused on exploring distinctive plots of land, mainly in the Atlantic regions of Ribeira Sacra and the Canary Islands. Their shared goal is to make very pure and authentic wines that express the terruño of each parcel in a clear and concise way. To this end, no chemicals are used in any of the Envínate vineyards, all plots are picked by hand, the grapes are trodden and the wines are fermented exclusively with wild yeasts, with a varying proportion of whole grape bunches included. Before maturing, the wines are aged in old barrels and concrete, and sulfur is only added at bottling when necessary. The result is some of the most exciting and honest wines produced in Spain today.
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