Gual

2022
Spain
Canary Islands

100% Gual from Finca San Juan Degollado and Finca Mazapé. Ungrafted grapevines. Gual was the first of the near-extinct native varieties from the Canary Islands that Juan Jesus recuperated. Both plots are from the northwest of Tenerife and are made of young volcanic soils with good drainage. These are some of the lowest altitude vineyards they work on. Fermented and aged in concrete on its lees. 

93 points
"The 2022 Gual from Viñátigo is also a touch reductive when first opened, but this is the style of so many white wines from Tenerife. With air, it blossoms beautifully to delivers a very complex blend of lime, tart orange, iodine, salty minerality, beeswax, lemongrass, citrus peel and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is bright, full-bodied, zesty and beautifully mineral in personality, with a fine core of fruit, excellent focus and balance and a long, complex and vibrant finish. I do not have any sese of how this wine ages, but it certainly seems to have the constituent components in place to easily last a dozen years or more. This is a beautiful bottle of wine. 2023- 2035+. "
John Gilman,
View from the Cellar
Issue 105

SKU/Code: 
DB0101-22
Product Line: 
National Portfolio
Wine
White
Varietal: 
Gual
Farming Type: 
Organic