Bien de Altura
Bien de Altura, Listán Negro, volcanic Canary Islands
Bien de Altura is a wine producer in Gran Canaria, Spain. LeMieux Wine Co. distributes Bien de Altura wines to licensed restaurants, bars and retailers in Michigan.
Estate
Carmelo, born and raised in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, studied with Dirk Niepoort before returning to the island in 2017. Vineyards sit at 1,100–1,460 meters on mostly east-facing steep sites, in an arid climate averaging 134 millimeters of annual rainfall. Soils are orange volcanic sand, silt, clay, and rock. Organic farming.
Wines
Listán Negro is the dominant variety, one of the pre-phylloxera grapes that survived on the islands because the pest never reached the Canaries. "El3mento" is a collaboration with Luis Cândido da Silva of Quinta da Carolina, aged in amphora.
At a glance
- Home
- Gran Canaria, Canary Islands
- Focus
- Listán Negro and old island varieties
- Cellar
- Whole bunch, long macerations, neutral vessels
- Founded
- 2017
- Vineyards
- 1,050 to 1,460 m, volcanic, own-rooted pie franco
Wines in our book
- Gran Canaria tinto "El3mento", 2023, 2022Red · Gran Canaria D.O. · Listan Negro
- Gran Canaria tinto 'Ikewen', 2023, 2022Red · Gran Canaria D.O. · Listán Prieto, Listan Negro, Local Variety
More about Bien de Altura
Official websiteInstagramThe Source Imports, importer
Imported by The Source Imports.
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