Borja Perez Ignios Baboso Negro 2018

*Please note this wine is limited.

Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain

100% Baboso Negro 

A unique and alluring wine, the nose is super seductive with notes of perfume, black fruit and spice. The palate is supple and complex. This wine is a delicate and flavourful at the same time. Due to Baboso being a more tricky grape to grow, its not so commonly grown and even less frequently produced as a single varietal wine.

Borja Perez is a rising star of the Canary Island wine scene. A former racing car mechanic, Borja inherited the family business in 2011 and decided to bottle his own wine rather than sell off the fruit. He works only with local varieties like Listan Blanco, Listan Negro, Marmajuelo, Vijariego Negro and Baboso Negro by restoring old ungrafted vineyards back to full health and also planting new vineyards. Borja has developed a reputation as one of the best viticulturists in the Canaries.

He is located in the DO appellation Ycoden-Daute-Isora in Tenerife’s north west, the volcanic, maritime vineyards here range from low coastal elevations to around 800m on average, with the most extreme sites climbing as high as 1,400m. Proximity to the Atlantic and its constant cooling winds and natural humidity conspire to produce a very exciting, yet challenging, climate for wine production. In the cellar, Borja takes a minimal intervention approach with no additions at all other than a touch of sulphur at bottling.