RP 98

2022 was a warmer year, and the wine is in the style of 2020, perhaps with more fruit and a little more ripeness. The 2022 Taganan Parcela Margalagua has fruit, elegance and a medium body with very fine tannins. It's very harmonious, with an ethereal quality to it. It has a combination of dried flowers, crushed rocks, herbs and a marine whiff that makes it quite distinct. It's a very regular vineyard, but this is now a certified single-vineyard wine from the new Islas Canarias Tenerife appellation. 1,800 bottles were filled in July 2023.

I had the chance to attend a private tasting of all the vintages of the top wine from Tenerife, Envinate's Taganana Parcela Margalagua, produced from 2012 to 2022. I later tasted the 2023, which is included in the yearly review of the Canary Islands and was not part of the vertical. I have followed this wine from the beginning, tasting and reporting on each vintage. This was a chance to taste all the years together with Roberto Santana and Alfonso Torrente, who were very candid about what they did, explaining what they changed and what they did each vintage, mistakes and all. It was a unique opportunity and provided a very good overview of a wine that has been growing in popularity, and in 2021 (and 2023), produced the best expression of this fabulous place in the northeast of Tenerife.