Ignios Orígenes Listán Negro Vendimia Seleccionada 2022 is one of the unique reds from the Ignios Orígenes winery, a project by winemaker Borja Pérez. This wine arises from top-level viticulture focused on achieving excellence and purity of a variety, with low yield but indisputable quality. Made entirely from listán negro grapes from 40-year-old vineyards planted on their own rootstock, this wine surprises with its liveliness, expressiveness, and saline character. It will not leave you indifferent.
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General features
Type of wine
Region
Grape variety
100% Listán Negro
Type of barrel
Used 600-liter oak barrels
Type of bottle
Burgundy Bottle
Barrel aging time
13 months
Capacity (cl)
75
The winery
Winery
Artífice originates with the aim of paying tribute to all the people from the countryside who have made agriculture their way of life, while preserving, in some way, the winemaking tradition of the Canary Islands.
Although the Pérez family has been working in the wine trade for many years, it was in 2011 when the young Borja Pérez took the lead on this project in Ycoden Daute Isora. He transitioned from being a race car mechanic and fire truck driver to leading his own winemaking project called Ignios Orígenes.
For Borja Pérez, Ignios Orígenes had to be based on the unique characteristics of the area they are in: volcanic soils, an Atlantic climate influenced by trade winds, and unique grape varieties such as the white marmajuelo and the red listán negro, baboso negro, or vijariego.
After gaining recognition with the Ignios project, the winemaker from Tenerife created different wines under the Artífice brand. With this project, he preserves old vineyards from small local growers with low production, from whom he buys the grapes. In these vineyards, a reasonable viticulture is practiced, with good advisory work for the growers and minimal intervention in the winemaking process. The aim is to craft authentic wines, enhancing native varieties and always respecting the fruit.
In his winemaking approach, Borja Pérez does not reject technological innovations; he simply emphasizes that they should be used when necessary, but never to alter the wine's style. Pérez oversees all processes of winemaking, from working in the field to the sale of the final product.