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It seems a little odd to call a wine from the far flung Canary Islands a SommSelect classic, but that’s exactly what “Medianías” has become. And there’s a simple reason why: At this price point, you cannot find a more evocative, and distinctly delicious bottle of red wine. Heirloom vines in Tenerife’s Valle de la Orotava—in this case, 80-year-old plantings of Listán Negro, the region’s premier red variety—supply proprietor Jonatan García Lima with superior raw material, and in 2021, he again decided to showcase the variety on its own, sourcing fruit from three ancient parcels. “Medianías” is produced in collaboration with legendary Rioja icon C.V.N.E., but make no mistake: It is unmistakably and unforgettably “Canarian,” as in smoky, savory, and juicy from start to finish. It says something about the character and quality of “Medianías” that the previous vintage sold out faster than most red Burgundies...don’t delay!

“Medianías” means “midlands,” which in the case of Tenerife means vineyards situated at 600 meters. That’s “highlands” in most of the rest of the world, but in the Valle de la Orotava it’s just another day at the office. This bottling is part of a wide-ranging line of site-specific wines from Suertes del Marqués, with the Listán Negro grapes coming from gnarled old vines that are trained in the traditional cordón trenzado method—wherein the “