Bodegas Castro y Magan Tendal, Espumoso Brut Nature 2016
La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain Made with the white varieties Listan and Albillo, as a base wine, fermented and aged with its own lees in the bottle for at least 9 months, disgorged with no dosage to preserve the primary aromas and freshness. Delicate and fine bubbles accompanied by high acidity. From the importer- La Palma native Nancy Castro Rodríguez and her husband Constancio Ballesteros Magán met in 1990 at enology school in La Mancha, central Spain’s industrial wine workhorse, and went on to work together in a local cooperative winery. From the massive vineyard area and high yields of La Mancha, it is impossible to imagine a more opposite winegrowing region than where they find themselves today: the mountains of La Palma in the western Canary Islands, home to some of the highest vineyards in Europe with old, mixed plantings that are unique in the world. On vacation in La Palma in 1997, it dawned on the couple that they could continue their winemaking careers, help to preserve Na