Hermanos Mesa - Listan Blanco 'La Choza' 2022 (750ml)

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Price: $39.95

In Mixed Case: $35.96

Producer	Hermanos Mesa
Country	Spain
Region	Canary Islands
Subregion	Valle de Guimar, Tenerife
Varietal	Listan Blanco
Vintage	2022
Sku	82922
Size	750ml

Mount Teide, whose 3700-meter summit is the highest point in all of the Atlantic Ocean’s islands, dominates the landscape of its home island of Tenerife—the largest of the Canary Islands archipelago. Although it has been over a century since this active volcano last erupted, recent years have seen an explosion of winegrowing on its steep, rocky slopes, as a younger generation seeks to maximize the potential of these special vineyards and to find them a larger audience abroad. Chief among this new guard is Bodegas Hermanos Mesa, run today by a trio of brothers—Fernando, Tomas, and Carmen Mesa—whose grandfather José established this small winery in the family’s home commune of Arafo in the immediate aftermath of World War Two. As in so many winegrowing regions, those were difficult years in Tenerife’s Valle de Güímar, and José eked out a living producing wines for an exclusively local market—a heroic feat in this unforgivingly rocky terrain where grapes ripen in the shadow of an active volcano. Today, José’s grandchildren farm the very same vines he planted in the 1940s and 1950s: primarily Listán Blanco,

Hermanos Mesa Description

Parcela La Choza del Cabrero is a vineyard located in the Las Dehesas area, situated 1,300 meters above sea level in the Valle de Güímar, Tenerife. The vineyard features traditional Listán Blanco vines aged between 60 and 70 years. It occupies a clearing within the Canary pine forest of La Corona Forestal, which surrounds the Cañadas del Teide. The terrain is rugged, with steep slopes, poor soils containing some clay, and abundant rocks.

Classification: Dry white wine

Denomination of Origin: Valle de Güímar, Tenerife, Canary Islands

Variety: 100% Listán Blanco

Pairing: Suitable for all types of fish and seafood

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