Envinate 'Taganan' 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.

Táganan: both the name of a village on the very north eastern tip of Tenerife and a local term for a steep slope. The Blanco comes from multiple old parcels and two crus, parcelas Campanario and Margalagua. All the wines are field blends containing a dizzying array of obscure, local varieties grown on very old bush vines in the steep
volcanic soils overlooking the ocean.

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