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2018 Victoria E. Torres Pecis Piezas N1 Negramoll
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WINEMAKER: Viki Torres
REGION: Canary Islands, SP
VARIETAL: Negramoll
VITICULTURE: Organic
Negramoll is a blend of multiple parcels of the red Negramoll, roughly half as whole bunches the rest as whole berries, fermented and raised in a mixture of concrete, chestnut, American and French oak.
Historically, it’s the oldest winery still operating on La Palma, having been in continuous production since 1885, although current owner, and winemaker Viki Torres has breathed a new modern edge into the wines since taking over from her father in 2015. Geographically it’s fascinating, the most active volcano in the Canaries which erupts every 40 or 50 years means there’s vineyards on pure black, fresh volcanic sand on the south of the island while in the north of the island amazing old vines sit at over 1000m altitude on geologically older, red volcanic soils.
Viticulturally the island is free of phylloxera and has been relatively isolated from modern Spain, so there’s a cornucopia of heritage white varietals, Sabre, Gual, Albillo Criollo, Listan Diego, Listan Blanco yet there’s really only one red grape to speak of, the unusual thin skinned Negramoll which is believed to have come to La Palma from Jerez some 500 years ago.
In winemaking terms the operation is similarly complex, the uber traditional methods of the 1800s like ancient tea-pine presses resting comfortably next to state of the art Italian made concrete fermenting vessels, the primitive blending seamlessly with the modern. At the centre of this swirl of influences is a very remarkable women, Viki Torres, a calm, humble, and very talented women who has been making fascinating wine on this beautiful and quite wild island.