2016 Tanagan Migan

The new red from La Orotava Valley, the 2016 Migan is pure Listán Negro pruned in cordón trenzado in the village La Perdoma, which was previously called Migan. The grapes come from two separate plots, 60% from La Habanera and the rest from San Antonio, at different altitudes and with different soils. There is an exceptional bottling of La Habanera in 2016 (see this separate review for a full description of the La Habanera plot). The San Antonio is a little older, at lower altitude and on volcanic soils with 30 to 50 centimeters of clay. The two plots fermented and aged separately, both in 6,300-liter concrete vats and with indigenous yeasts. La Habanera fermented with 100% full clusters and San Antonio with only 15% full clusters. Both were foot trodden, followed by malolactic in 228- and 600-liter oak barrels, where the wine matured for 11 months. It has the pumice, spice and dry roses of the best reds from the Orotava. It's subtle, elegant, aromatic and showy. 4,000 bottles were filled in October 2017. The wines from Orotava are also sold without appellation of origin.