Envinate 'Taganan Parcela Margalagua' Tinto 2021
The very elegant 2021 Táganan Parcela Margalagua reveals notes of very fresh fruit and flowers. It is complex, nuanced and deep, with a Burgundian profile, with very fine tannins and a silky texture. It has subtle volcanic minerality and a salty twist in the finish, showing the red volcanic soils and the proximity of the ocean. It's a floral and elegant vintage in the style of 2016 and 2018, ethereal but full of energy and light. I had the chance to retaste the wine next to all the vintages ever produced and bottled, from 2012 to 2022, and this proved to be more complete and in balance, with more depth and also more freshness than any of the other vintages. So, I decided that this deserves a three-digit score as the finest Margalagua ever produced. Bravo! 1,500 bottles were filled in July 2022. Drink 2024-20332. 100 Points. Luis Guttierez, The Wine Advocate.
'Margalagua' which means 'Mother of Water' in the indigenous Guanche language refers to the 'Grand Cru' of Taganana. A beautiful, ancient vineyard perched on a perilous steep that cascades down to a sheer cliff face over the ocean. The iron-rich red basalt on which Margalagua sits gives the wine and finer, more delicate and lifted structure than the rest of the village. The vineyard is planted to a similar array of red varietals, Negramoll, Listan etc etc and includes around 10% miscellaneous white varietals. It's long, floral, precise and complex, by far the most 'Burgundian' of the wines produced in Tenerife. Importer's notes.