Medianías
Vinas Viejas Valle de la Orotova Listan Negro
Valle de la Orotava, Canary Islands, Spain
Explosive grapefruit taste and nose with hints of seaside minerals. Let it open for 30 minutes before diving in.
Explosive grapefruit taste and nose with hints of seaside minerals. Let it open for 30 minutes before diving in.
Jul 23rd, 2022
Pink grapefruit skin. And loads of flinty, stony minerals on the nose. The palate is minerally, but with nice high-toned sweet fruit. Light body, and a long finish. So unique!
Pink grapefruit skin. And loads of flinty, stony minerals on the nose. The palate is minerally, but with nice high-toned sweet fruit. Light body, and a long finish. So unique!
May 23rd, 2022
Sometimes you just need a #volcanicwine. This one comes from the craggy, windswept Canary Islands of the northwest coast of Africa. Put on some Cesaria Évora and get ready for a whiff of smoky funk followed by deeply mineral flavors of plum and red berries, bitter herbs, and pulverized stone. Faint powdery tannins hang in a haze as the wine lingers with bitter licorice root and camphor wood notes in the finish. Made from old vines of Listan Negro, it’s a classical expression of the Canaries, but from a surprising source. The producers behind this brand are the Spanish cooperative CVNE and local producer Suertes de Marques who selected fruit from theor vineyards in Valle de Orotava on the island of Tenerife. 2016 Medianías Listan Negro Viñas Viejas, Valle de la Orotava, Canary Islands, Spain.
Sometimes you just need a #volcanicwine. This one comes from the craggy, windswept Canary Islands of the northwest coast of Africa. Put on some Cesaria Évora and get ready for a whiff of smoky funk followed by deeply mineral flavors of plum and red berries, bitter herbs, and pulverized stone. Faint powdery tannins hang in a haze as the wine lingers with bitter licorice root and camphor wood notes in the finish. Made from old vines of Listan Negro, it’s a classical expression of the Canaries, but from a surprising source. The producers behind this brand are the Spanish cooperative CVNE and local producer Suertes de Marques who selected fruit from theor vineyards in Valle de Orotava on the island of Tenerife. 2016 Medianías Listan Negro Viñas Viejas, Valle de la Orotava, Canary Islands, Spain.
Jul 2nd, 2021
Happy Father's Day! For my celebration, I was able to cook w my daughter. Menu included massive, tomato-braised, pprk meatballs; stuffed, braised squid w potates.
This wune pours w a pale garnet/ruby color. Nose shows plenty of red fruits, cherries, a hint of cyanic pit/bitter almond, dried rose, violet and some soil tone. Easy going style, soft tannins, moderate acidity and a pleasant but brief finish.
I pulled this bottle remembering a tasting w a Canary island producer who gifted me a dries pepper/spice blend. Since the squids are stuffed w peppers, onions and braised in tomato, this seemed like an ideal match.
Happy Father's Day! For my celebration, I was able to cook w my daughter. Menu included massive, tomato-braised, pprk meatballs; stuffed, braised squid w potates.
This wune pours w a pale garnet/ruby color. Nose shows plenty of red fruits, cherries, a hint of cyanic pit/bitter almond, dried rose, violet and some soil tone. Easy going style, soft tannins, moderate acidity and a pleasant but brief finish.
I pulled this bottle remembering a tasting w a Canary island producer who gifted me a dries pepper/spice blend. Since the squids are stuffed w peppers, onions and braised in tomato, this seemed like an ideal match.
Spicy cracked black pepper, earthy funk and wildberries on the nose. Aromatic.
Super soft and balanced on the palate. The fruit and the funk hit you harmoniously in a wonderful way.
Having with a slight chill and if I was to guess blind I would have to guess a cru beajoulais from Juliénas
Spicy cracked black pepper, earthy funk and wildberries on the nose. Aromatic.
Super soft and balanced on the palate. The fruit and the funk hit you harmoniously in a wonderful way.
Having with a slight chill and if I was to guess blind I would have to guess a cru beajoulais from Juliénas
I grew up in the volcanic area of central Oregon so the smell, taste, and texture of lava is quite familiar to me. Which is what jumps out at me immediately on the nose, “Aa lava,” which is hot when it comes out but cools quickly and dries in hard, sharp chunks. This wine emits a distinctive aroma like hot (dried) Aa lava or asphalt. It is also quite herbal with juniper berries and sagebrush aromas and flavors. I can hardly get fruit here, dark cherry, spicy plum perhaps but the minerality is so interesting, so complex, I don’t even care about the fruit! I feel I could go on about hot rocks and ash and morning after campfire when you burn juniper and olive wood. It’s truly delicious, savory, and special! The acidity is unbelievable given this is a hot climate wine. The tannins are perfectly grippy. Medium long mineral finish makes me think this wine will age quite nicely!
I grew up in the volcanic area of central Oregon so the smell, taste, and texture of lava is quite familiar to me. Which is what jumps out at me immediately on the nose, “Aa lava,” which is hot when it comes out but cools quickly and dries in hard, sharp chunks. This wine emits a distinctive aroma like hot (dried) Aa lava or asphalt. It is also quite herbal with juniper berries and sagebrush aromas and flavors. I can hardly get fruit here, dark cherry, spicy plum perhaps but the minerality is so interesting, so complex, I don’t even care about the fruit! I feel I could go on about hot rocks and ash and morning after campfire when you burn juniper and olive wood. It’s truly delicious, savory, and special! The acidity is unbelievable given this is a hot climate wine. The tannins are perfectly grippy. Medium long mineral finish makes me think this wine will age quite nicely!
Sep 30th, 2019
This wine is exciting AF. It has such a peppery vibe like black pepper against underripe and also dried cranberries and it is SO good. Canary Islands—I need to try more. Clearly. Or just visit.
This wine is exciting AF. It has such a peppery vibe like black pepper against underripe and also dried cranberries and it is SO good. Canary Islands—I need to try more. Clearly. Or just visit.
Jul 1st, 2019
Sight: Interesting unique color, light cherry red and turbid eye.
Nose: mushrooms and chocolate!!, spiced, minerals and unique banana aroma. Fresh red fruits.
Taste: medium-high tannin, medium intensity, moderate finish and nice acidity. Amazing for a 2016 wine.
Thanks, mi amigo @MaJ CappS, for such a weird and interesting treasure.
Sight: Interesting unique color, light cherry red and turbid eye.
Nose: mushrooms and chocolate!!, spiced, minerals and unique banana aroma. Fresh red fruits.
Taste: medium-high tannin, medium intensity, moderate finish and nice acidity. Amazing for a 2016 wine.
Thanks, mi amigo @MaJ CappS, for such a weird and interesting treasure.
DO Valle de la Orotava. Super reductive, never blew off.
DO Valle de la Orotava. Super reductive, never blew off.
Jul 9th, 2023Wow! Light on its feet with fresh fruit mixed with ashy earth and a savory nose. A joy.
Wow! Light on its feet with fresh fruit mixed with ashy earth and a savory nose. A joy.
Jun 30th, 2019