Envinate "Taganan" Parcela Margalagua 2023

Envinate "Taganan" Parcela Margalagua 2023From the importer: Listan Negro, Vijariego, Malvasia Negra, Baboso, Negramoll, + + + Untrained vines ranging in age from 100 300 years old. This single parcel has distinctive red basalt among the sandy volcanic soil that is iron rich and gives the wine a unique character not found in other wines from the Taganan area. Fermented 100% whole cluster in open top French oak barrels, followed by about a year of aging in neutral French oak.

Peio Espil of Domaine Ilarria was a pioneer of natural farming in French Basque country

One of our favorite examples comes from Poderi Colla

Her cellar work is traditional employing qvevri aging

the Weiser-Künstler wines are raw in a way that is life-affirming in their nervous

of Mersel Wine) with many harvests and at the winery

"The bat on the label is the grey long-eared bat which has become very rare in our area

it is a blend of the house Oloroso bottling (which averages over 20 years of age) with a younger criadera

working organically with low yields and harvesting by hand

affordable introduction to the variety

Ten days  maceration and 6 months in fiberglass

Patrick Piuze sources this fruit from Tonnerre

or greens like wild fennel