Envinate, Tenerife Benje Tinto Size:3x1.5L There is notably better mid-palate

There is notably better mid-palate density to the medium-bodied and mineral-driven flavors that display focused power on the bone-dry

There is plenty of red-berry fruit here lending the 2005 an attractive fleshy texture

Lots of fun for claret lovers now

(from 40+ year old vines in the tiny

There is a bit of angularity in the tannin

Envinate, Tenerife Benje Tinto Size:3x1.5L There is notably better mid-palateThe red 2019 Benje was produced mostly with Listn Prieto with some Listn Blanco (4%) and Tintilla (2%) from different old vineyards in Santiago del Teide in the south of Tenerife at altitudes ranging between 900 and 1,000 meters, where sandy soils are covered by volcanic ash from the eruption of the Chinyero Vulcano in 1909. 2019 was extremely dry, and they had to reduce yields to avoid the blocking of the vines, so they only got 50% of a normal crop.