Wanderer D.O. Tacoronte (Listan Negro, Negramoll & Verdello)

Spain
Canary Islands
2023

95% Listan Negro topped off with Negramoll & Verdello from Cruz de Leandro in the Tacoronte Acentejo DO. Grapes are fermented whole cluster in stainless steel with indigenous yeasts. Malolactic fermentation and aged in large concrete tank for five months. 

Loreto on Chica Reductiva and how she named The Wanderer: 

"About three years ago I decided to start a new line of red wines made with Listán Negro under the name Chica Reductiva. The intention of this  are representative wines of the variety with an origin in a vineyard that we are recovering Cruz de Leandro. This old vineyard is located in Tacoronte at an altitude of 600 metres above sea level in a high vineyard. The origin of the name ‘Wanderer’ comes from the album Wanderer by Cat Power. Every harvest has a soundtrack, but for the 23rd harvest we had a fire during the harvest and for the first time there was no music in the winery. The first song I heard that vintage was Wanderer during the Cruz de Leandro vintage."

91 points
"The 2023 Wanderer from Tierra Fundida is crafted from a cépages of ninety-five percent Listán Negro, with the balance of the blend made up of Negramoll and Verdello. The wine is fermented with indigenous yeasts and aged for five months in cement vats prior to bottling. The 2023 version offers up a superb bouquet of sweet dark berries, pepper, tree bark, woodsmoke, volcanic soils, incipient notes of cola and sweet botanicals and a lovely array of brown spices in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, pure and full-bodied, with a fine core of fruit, excellent soil signature, firm, chewy tannins, good acids and grip and a long, precise and very well balanced finish. This is a young wine that will need plenty of cellaring time to soften, but it is going to be excellent in due course. 2035-2065+."
John Gilman,
View from the Cellar
Issue 117

SKU/Code: 
DB5219-23
Product Line: 
California Portfolio
National Portfolio
Wine
Red
Varietal: 
Listán Negro
Farming Type: 
Organic