Pablo Mantallana 'La Bardona' Vinas Del Norte 2023

Producer: Pablo Mantallana
Region: Tenerife, Canary Islands
Varietals:  Listan Negro
Viticulture: Organic
Category: Red
Size: 750ml

Pablo Matallana is a young, forward-thinking winemaker based on the Canary island of Tenerife. Through organic viticulture and thoughtful winemaking, Pablo seeks to showcase different grape varieties and the unique terroir of the Canaries. Pablo studied enology at the highly respected Polytechnic University of Valencia, and after graduation he worked in both Chile and Priorat before returning to Tenerife to pursue his own project. He made his first wine in 2015 from a recuperated old vineyard in Tenerife. In 2018, he bottled his first wines from neighboring Lanzarote under the name Vinícola Taro. Taro is named for the small stone structures within vineyards where growers take shade and shelter.

La Bardona Viñas del Norte is Listán Negro from a small set of plots in northern Tenerife, mostly from La Orotava. The vines are around 500m elevation and roughly 100 years old. The grapes were harvested by hand and left whole cluster, then foot trodden. The juice macerated on the skins and stems for 5 days, all in stainless steel, then fermented and rested in the same vessels. Bottled without fining or filtering, and with only a small addition of SO2.