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Unlike the lower zones of Valle de la Orotava or Taganana further to the east, the Benje sites are less subject to the cooling Aliosos trade winds, but the added altitude brings it's own sense of freshness to the wines of this zone. The altitude also means Benje's vines are normally above the cloud cover resulting in much, much drier conditions. Typically this would result in more textured, glyceric wines, closer to the Albillo's of the Sierra de Gredos than the more racy, Galician\/Atlantic looking wines from Oratava but the Envinate crews' continual experimentation with flor yeast, something they became accustomed too while consulting to sherry producer Alvear has increasingly resulted in leaner, more graceful wines. As of the 2018 vintage some 60% of Benje Blanco is influenced by flor. The result isn't so much a clear sherry-vibe, this isn't a volcanic Fino or Manzanilla, as much as it is a stripping back of fruit and texture to display more of the underlying minerality, salinity and acid line. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envinate - Tenerife","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42068310556770,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/4180\/7970\/files\/envinate-benje-blanco.jpg?v=1757038219"},{"product_id":"envinate-palo-blanco","title":"Envinate 'Palo Blanco'","description":"\u003cp\u003ePalo Blanco comes from an old vine vineyard in the Orotava sub zone, near the town of Los Realejos. Much like everything Envinate produce, the DO stamp doesn't make an appearance on the label. The vines are all trellised using the traditional 'Trenzado' fashion: a braid of old and new shoots that have the appearance of dreadlocks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe vines are all over 100 years old and the wine is finished in large 2,500L foudres that have been brought in from Friuli. It is the latest ripening from all their vineyards on the island. The wine has a waxy texture with crunching acidity that is almost akin to chenin blanc on the palate, but the aromatics are unmistakably Listan Blanco.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envinate - Tenerife","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42068319830114,"sku":"ENV-PALO","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/4180\/7970\/files\/1J8A0275.jpg?v=1757038264"},{"product_id":"envinate-migan-tinto","title":"Envinate 'Migan' Tinto","description":"\u003cp\u003eMigan comes from a very old vineyard in the Valle de la Orotava subzone of the Tenerife island. Although, as much of the wines from Envinate, they don't bear the DO stamp. The vineyard sits between the towns of San Antonio \u0026amp; La Perdoma (the historical name of La Perdoma is Migan). These old vines are all trained on the traditional 'Trenzado' trellis: braids of new and old shoots, so much so that the vines looks like dreadlocks. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wine is a straight expression of Listan Negro. The grapes are partially destemmed (between 10-20% whole bunch) and aged in 600L old oak barrels for 11 months. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMigan is one of the more structured and powerful wines from Envinate, that benefits from a bit of time in bottle and decanter. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envinate - Tenerife","offers":[{"title":"1 Bottle","offer_id":42068319961186,"sku":"ENV-MIGAN","price":90.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/4180\/7970\/files\/1J8A0285.jpg?v=1757038266"},{"product_id":"envinate-taganan-margalagua-tinto","title":"Envinate 'Taganan - Margalagua' Tinto","description":"\u003cp\u003eParcela Margalagua is an ancient vineyard planted on the north eastern corner of Tenerife, near the town of Taganana. The vines here weave over and under the soil as branches have been weighed down and buried as a means of grafting in the phylloxera free island soil, meaning it's almost impossible to determine vine ages or even determine where a single vine begins or ends. The branches above the ground are propped up only by \"Y\" shaped sticks, which have an unfortunately tendency to fall over in heavy wind. Quite frankly Margalagua is a vineyard unlike anything we have ever seen before, in a way it's a glimpse into what viticulture may have looked like if phylloxera never existed and that adds to the sense that the Canary Islands are part of some parrellel universe of the wine world - a Jurrasic Park for varietals, styles, viticulture that long ago died out in the rest of Spain. It's too hard to talk about varietals, I could name some of them but it doesn't help to understand the wine, it's suffice to say that there's probably twelve or thirteen different ones going into this wine. As for what it tastes like, for that i'll quote directly from Luis Gutierrez, he's a Spanish journalist so he's more impartial than I am... \"If the village was impressive, the one sourced from a specific plot was other worldly... There is more depth and complexity than in the village reed, a tantalizing mixture of peppers and stones, with a herbal touch, aromatic and changing the glass. It shows great elegance and it's more insinuating. The palate has a silky texture, with great acidity and length. it ends with a strong sensation, marine, almost salt.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Envinate - Tenerife","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42068329496674,"sku":"ENV-TAGMARG","price":150.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0016\/4180\/7970\/files\/envinate-taganan-margalagua.jpg?v=1757038292"},{"product_id":"envinate-taganan-blanco","title":"Envinate 'Taganan' Blanco","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eEnvinate's Taganan wines come from the small village of Taganana (the wine cannot be labelled as Taganana as it doesn't have it's own DO label) in the Tacoronte-Acentejo region in the north-east of Tenerife. 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