ITEM 131164

2020 Envinate Migan Tinto Listan Negro Valle de La Orotava Canary Islands

$119.99

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Wine Rating:

96JS 95WA

Bottle Size

1.5l

Vintage

2020

Country/State

spain

Wine Region

other spain

Variety

other red

Wine Producer

envinate

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JamesSuckling.com: 96 points

"Wow, this is so good! Lots of white pepper, minerals, agave and wild red berries and cherries on the nose, following through to a tight but polished palate with refined tannins and juicy red fruit. Silky, saline and taut with lots of focus! Beautiful, reductive brightness in the finish. Really subtle, long and effortless. Mainly listan negro from 100 to 130-year-old vines. Drink or hold." - James Suckling

Review Date: July 2022

Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 95 points

"The 2020 Migan is a red from La Orotava and was produced with Listán Negro grapes from the village of La Perdoma, whose ancient name was Migan. It comes from four plots—Montijo (40% of the grapes), Tío Luis (30%), La Habanera (20%) and Las Suertes (10%)—on red volcanic soils and at different altitudes, between 350 and 600 meters above sea level, where altitude defines the character of the plot. In 2020, they didn't use the San Antonio vineyard that was used in previous vintages; it has been replaced by Montijo. 2020 was an early harvest, and the grapes fermented by plot, always with indigenous yeasts, and 70% of the wine matured in neutral 500- and 600-liter oak barrels, while the wine from Tío Luis matured in concrete. The change in vineyards (they abandoned the one with more clay at lower altitude and increased in higher altitude and with less clay) has given the wine an extra kick. These wines reward time in bottle, and they need at least one year. Right now, this feels a little closed and tight, but it has great freshness and finer tannins and, in the long run, should make a better wine than the 2019. 11,500 bottles and 300 magnums were produced. It was bottled in December 2021." - Luis Gutierrez

Review Date: February 2022