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Casa Althay 2023
Althay · Vintage 2023 · Order range

Casa Althay

Broad in the shoulders, where the island’s whites are most often lean. Four tenths Listán Blanco give honey and dried hay over the volcanic salinity, and the wine holds in the mouth long after. Nine thousand bottles, from a single restored vineyard.
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About the wine
Nose

Sea water, honey, hay and black sand, with a marked mineral edge.

Palate

Citrus, fresh peach and mineral salinity, concentrated, with a long finish.

Key facts
Vintage

2023

Grapes

Malvasía Volcánica 60%, Listán Blanco 40%

Alcohol

13%

Bottles produced

9,000 bottles

Producer

Althay

Region

Lanzarote, Canary Islands

Serving

10–12 °C in a slightly larger glass. It opens up after a few minutes.

Item no.

19487801

Range

Order range

Price

Kr 499,70 · Vinmonopolet, incl. VAT

The craft

How it is made

  1. 01

    The vineyard

    Malvasía Volcánica and Listán Blanco from a single restored vineyard, in the garden beside the Althay house in La Geria.

  2. 02

    Harvest

    Picked by hand, sorted and pressed.

  3. 03

    Fermentation

    Fermented spontaneously under controlled temperature between 17 and 19 °C, normally three to four weeks.

  4. 04

    Malolactic

    Full malolactic fermentation, normally four to six weeks. The sharper malic acid is converted into softer lactic acid.

  5. 05

    Maturing

    The wine is divided between concrete tanks and 500-litre French oak casks and matures there for about ten months. The concrete keeps the freshness and the clean mineral line; the large casks give gentle oxygen, structure and depth without pronounced oak.

  6. 06

    Blending

    The parts are brought back together, stabilised and bottled. Made without the use of fining agents. About twelve months from harvest to bottling, thirteen to fifteen to market.

What sets it apart

Full malolactic fermentation, and maturing divided between concrete tanks and large French oak casks.

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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