“The finest Margalagua they have ever produced.” - The Wine Advocate, 99 points

This comes from one of the most dramatic vineyards in Tenerife. The wine itself is quite pale, like rosehip cordial. So fresh, so pure, so elegant, so Tenerife! The fruit is beautifully pared down, as if reduced to its bare essence. Thinly sliced strawberries and cherries and rose petals. Elegance… from a volcano! 12% alc. Vegan-friendly. Drink now-2027. Listán Negro, Baboso Negro, Negramoll, Vijariego, and 10% of white varieties such as Malvasía. Red basalt soils of volcanic origin. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with ambient yeasts in open vats using 100% of the stems. Daily punching down, and malolactic conversion in a neutral French oak barrels of 500 litres. Aged in the same barrels for 11 months on its lees, without any racking. Simple really.

Press review:

The Wine Advocate: “The 2020 Táganan Parcela Margalagua is a wine that always showcases the volcanic soils and the cooler Atlantic climate from the northeast corner of Tenerife, where there are red basalt soils, rather than the more usual black, and some iron in the soil provides the wine's colour. They reckon the iron also provides finer tannins. The nose is always a lot more floral, delicate and all about finesse, to which iron should certainly help. It's also volcanic and spicy, but the dominant note is floral. The palate is medium-bodied and incredibly elegant, with a tasty and faint saltiness, following the line of the 2016, perhaps with a tad more precision. They use 10% of white grapes, something they started in 2015. 2020 was again very dry and even lower yielding, but the wine kept a moderate 12% alcohol, lower pH and higher acidity, which means more freshness. It has an amazing nose, floral, perfumed and showy but extremely elegant; it's more floral and perfumed than the 2019, subtler and more Burgundian and less volcanic. Very defined, clean and precise. The finest Margalagua they have ever produced, with the elegance of the 2018 but one step up in depth, elegance and layers. Drink now-2030.” 99 points

Decanter: “From the northeast of the island - a cooler spot - and with a small proportion of white grapes in the mix, this is a wine of feline grace and elegance, showing gorgeously refined silky tannins finely stitched into cherry and raspberry fruits, violets and lavender. Long, elegant, exceptionally fine. Drink now-2035.“ 96 points

JancisRobinson.com: “Red fruit that has achieved a combination of freshness and ripeness that makes it really delicious. Accompanied by a touch of smoke. Very fresh on the palate, again. Refreshing Atlantic acidity with very smooth tannins. Pure and mineral. (FC). 12% alc. Drink now–2030.” 17.5 points