Envinate Benje Blanco 2022

Envínate, which literally translates as ‘wine yourself’, is the project of four young passionate winemakers: Roberto Santana, Jose Martinez, Laura Ramos and Alfonso Torrente. The four met while studying oenology in Alicante in 2005 and formed a collective based on a shared philosophy of wine and a desire to explore the ancient,
Atlantic-influenced terroirs of western Spain. At the time this made them outliers, their university, and Spain as a whole was in the midst of a celebration of powerful wines and new, ‘safer,’ technologies for the vineyard and winery. Yet the four friends were intoxicated by the hedonistic old-world characters of more traditionally made wine and by the possibilities presented by light coloured, high acid varietals in the forgotten corners of Spain. It’s a big step forward for the team and it means an amazing array
of new wines springing from previously unexplored corners of Tenerife.

Benje: refers to an area high above the cloud cover on the western edge of the Tiede volcano. It produces markedly different wines from the sappy freshness of the coastal zones but still carries the hallmark lightness of all of Envínate’s wines. Benje Blanco is Listán Blanco. Both are grown on a mixture of old ash and red clay at over 1000m above sea level.

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