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Avelina 2023
Althay · Vintage 2023 · Order range

Avelina

Listán Negro, hand-destemmed and macerated for twenty days in small vessels with as little extraction as possible. The result is a light red with soft tannins, where the ash and the sea sit as clearly as the fruit. It takes a chill, and it suits lamb.
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About the wine
Nose

Blackberry, red flowers, volcanic ash and sea air.

Palate

Fruity, with a hint of salt and soft tannins.

Key facts
Vintage

2023

Grapes

Listán Negro 100%

Alcohol

13%

Bottles produced

2,500 bottles

Producer

Althay

Region

Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Serving

14–16 °C, a little below room temperature.

Item no.

19488001

Range

Order range

Price

Kr 549,70 · Vinmonopolet, incl. VAT

The craft

How it is made

  1. 01

    The vineyard

    Listán Negro from a single parcel in La Geria, planted in enarenado — each vine in its own pit in the volcanic ash. Althay describes the vines as more than a hundred years old.

  2. 02

    Harvest

    Picked by hand, like everything else here. The terrain makes machines impossible.

  3. 03

    Destemming

    The bunches are destemmed by hand, berry by berry.

  4. 04

    Maceration

    Twenty days on the skins in small vessels, with as little extraction as possible. The aim is colour and scent without heavy structure.

  5. 05

    Fermentation

    Fermented spontaneously on the natural yeasts from the fruit and the cellar.

  6. 06

    Bottling

    Very gentle filtration — only what stability demands. Made without the use of fining agents. Then bottling.

What sets it apart

Twenty days on the skins in small vessels, fermented spontaneously and bottled after very gentle filtration. A light red, not a heavy one.

A young winery · Four wines

Althay

The other end of the island, and the other end of the thinking. A few thousand bottles a year from old ungrafted vines, fermented on their own yeasts and bottled after very gentle filtration. No safety net, and no attempt to make the wine easier than it is. Four wines: two white blends, a single-site Malvasía from a crater bowl, and the only red we carry.
About the producer
A hand in the picón on Althay’s land
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