Suertes del Marqués Tenerife Valle de la Orotava La Solana 2020

Vino de parcela. La Solana is mainly planted to old vine Listán Negro managed in the traditional cordon multiple or trenzado systems. Just 1.5 hectares, the vineyard faces east, towering over the Atlantic between 350 and 450 meters above sea level. The soils here, a layer of clay over volcanic rock, produce probably the most textural and fruit-forward of Suertes’ single-vineyard wines, the distinctive mineral impact from the 80 to 150-year-old vines and the pure volcanic soils always present and correct.

The fruit is vatted into small, open concrete tanks for a cold soak before natural fermentation is made in seasoned French oak puncheons. Like all the wines here, La Solana is bottled without filtration. It is worth noting that this bottling is indicative of the purer, more mineral style that now emanates from the Suertes’ cellar.