Viñátigo Ensamblaje Tinto 2019
  • Baboso Negro, Listán Negro, Negramoll, Tintilla, Vijariego Negro, Vijariego Negro
  • Vegan-Friendly, Volcanic
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • 750ml
  • 14% alc./vol

Viñátigo Ensamblaje Tinto 2019

Canary Islands, Spain
Regular price $62.95per bottle ($377.70per case)
6 bottles per case
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Delicate & Mineral

Juan Jesús, who is a 4th generation winemaker, founded Viñátigo in 1990 and has worked tirelessly since then identifying, recuperating the native grapes of the Canary Islands.

By blending different red grape varieties, Viñátigo's goal with their Ensamblaje red is to showcase the volcanic minerality of the northwest of Tenerife. Depending on the conditions of the vintage, the proportions and grapes blended in this wine may vary. The grapes are harvested and vinified separetely. The Ensamblaje Tinto has a spicy, firey nose with strong pepper, forest mushroom and black fruit jam. On the palate it is big and muscular with firm tannins that allow the ground fruit notes to really show themselves.

Beautiful when paired with earthy dishes such as mushroom risotto, and meats.

About the Winery

Viñátigo

Juan Jesús is a proud native of Tenerife and the fourth generation of growers. During the thirty years that he's overseen Bodegas Viñátigo, he has considerably increased its holdings, planting varieties that he and his team recuperated from near extinction.

Driven by passion and love for his homeland, Juan decided to revive and work to save the native grape varieties that were brought to the Canary Islands by the conquers back in the 15th century and that had survived on the islands for centuries. He is a hero of contemporary Canarian viticulture. The wealth of knowledge that his work has created has helped underpin the significant expansion of wine styles that are now available throughout the archipelago, and his wines have achieved a calibre of class that many doubted the Canaries would ever produce again. (The Epic Wines of the Canary Islands, written by Santo Bains).