Envinate ‘Benje’ Listan Blanco 2018

Benje Blanco is produced mainly from old Pie Franco Listan Blanco bush vines grown in multiple parcels at over a 1000m above sea level around the town of Santiago de Teide. Including a large portion from the Las Arenas area where vineyards were planted directly into the rubble of the last explosion of Pico Veijo in 1909. It’s fermented and aged in roughly 60% concrete and 40% old barriques, without batonnage. It's with Benje Blanco that the shift in vintage from 2017 is probably most noticeable, gone is the more continential-vibe, red apple skin has given way to the crunch of fresh granny-smith and there's the bite and saline tang of flor - unsurprisingly as around 60% of this wine grew flor during elevage.