Suertes del Marqués Candio 2015
£22.14 (Inc. VAT bot. 75 cl.)
Suertes del Marqués
Valle de la Orotava
Other vintages: 2017
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
I tasted three vintages of Candio side by side, including the 2015 Candio, pure Listán from 100-year-old vines fermented in concrete vats with 40% full clusters, no temperature control and indigenous yeasts. It aged in used 500-liter oak barrels for one year before bottling. Here, they changed and used full clusters rather than adding the stems, as was done in the past. Even within a warm and ripe vintage and profile, this has better freshness and shows an improvement over the 2014. I was able to preview the unbottled 2016, and it was a lot fresher, with tons of kirsch aromas. It's something to look forward to in the future. 2,300 bottles were filled in March 2017.
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Alcohol
14.8%
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Between 14ºC and 16ºC
Winemaking
Alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts in French oak open barrels with stalks. Malolactic fermentation and ageing for 16 months in new French oak barrels.
