La Solana - Tenerife, Spain

This is a very special dry red that I found in the wine shop the other day. It's based upon a grape in Tenerife called Listán Negro.

"The 2011 La Solana is a single east-facing vineyard planted with the local red grape, 95% Listán Negro with the balance being a mix of different grapes, the norm in these 120-year-old vineyards.

Listán Negro is supposedly a neutral grape, but not here, where the wine is very aromatic, perfumed, different and ever-changing. It really makes you smell it twice.

The palate is fruity and feminine, showing very fine minerality (all the Canary Islands are volcanic) with a medium-bodied, great length and some very fine and silky tannins."
91 points, Luis Gutiérrez , eRobertParker.com #209

"Juicy, stemmy, smoky - some whole bunch fermentation character. Long, meaty finish. This is outstanding, and seems to combine the best bits of Burgundy and the Rhône. Crozes-Musigny?!" 17.5 points, jancisrobinson.c

La Solana 2011, Tenerife
Ca 270 NOK

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Den har jeg lyst å prøve gitt. Kent

5 December 2014 at 08:48

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