Suertes del Marques La Solana 2019

Wine Type:
Style of Wine:	Earthy & Spicy
Country of Origin:	Spain
Wine Region:	Canary Islands
Grape Varietal:	Listán Negro
Bottle Format:	750mL
Case Size:	6 bottles
$258.48 Per Case ($43.08/btl)

Tasting Notes

La Solana is a single 1.5 hectare vineyard in northern Tenerife, between 350-450m and on clay atop volcanic soils. The family operation Suertes del Marqués organically farms 80-150 year old listán negro here, in the traditional cordón trenzado training system, employing minimal sulphur. After a native ferment in concrete, with 50% whole cluster, this aged 11 months in older French foudres before being bottled unfiltered. After a wave of reduction blows off, this opens into black cherry, black raspberry, broken earth on a scrubby, resinous, balsamic kissed palate. Tannins are long and fine and slightly sticky / gritty, hugging this textural wine through the lingering peppery finish. Such a singular, powerful (at 12.5%) wine.

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