Taro Vinícola Blanco, Pablo Matallana - 2022

Name: Taro Vinícola Blanco, Pablo Matallana
Brand: Vinicola Taro
SKU: 23469
Price: 38.99 USD
Availability: InStock

Item # 23469 750 mL

This white wine is made entirely from young Malvasía, one of the main native white varieties of the Canaries. The grapes were hand-harvested and fermented in steel tank with ambient yeast then aged on the lees for 9 months. Winemaker Pablo Matallana is working in the central part of Lanzarote, near Timanfaya National Park.

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Color

White

Vintage

2022

Country

Spain

Region

Canary Islands

Producer

Vinicola Taro

Grape Variety

Malvasia

Production Methods

Organic

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

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Staff Pick Notes

Here's one for my lovers of island wines, and it's as wild as the landscape of Lanzarote itself. Malvasia Volcanica, Diego, and Palomino grapes are handpicked, foot-stomped, and fermented in a combo of used oak and stainless steel, before aging under a fine veil of flor for 10 months. It's a light tangerine color, and smells deeply of salt and rocks. On the palate you can expect a sharp minerality and saltiness, but the combination of skin contact and lees aging makes it accessible (even soft), with boosted aromas of guava and pithy grapefruit. It faintly recalls fino sherry, but the oxidation is very gentle indeed. This wine from Pablo Matallana is one of the most unique and memorable wines I've recently enjoyed, perfect for lovers of aromatic orange wines, sherries, and the Jura. It would work fabulously with a spicy seafood dish.

- BB

Glossary

Spain

Central to the Spanish winemaking philosophy is the belief that wine should be released only when it is ready to be consumed, and not a moment before. Spanish wine law focuses squarely on this issue: the terms Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva are highly regulated indicators of the amount of time a wine has aged prior to its release. In Rioja, Navarra, and the Ribera del Duero (which have the most stringent requirements) red Crianzas must be aged a minimum of two years; Reservas, at least three...

Blanco

White tequila, an official type (tipo) for tequila bottled fresh from the still, or allowed to rest in stainless steel tanks for up to sixty days before bottling. It is never aged in wooden barrels. Also known as plata, plato, and silver tequila. Usually the most robust, strong-flavoured of the tequila types.