Description / Reviews
"Benje refers to an area high above the cloud cover on the western edge of the Tiede volcano. It produces markedly different wines from the sappy freshness of the coastal zones but still carries the hallmark lightness of all of Envínate’s wines. Benje Blanco is Listán Blanco grown on a raw volcanic rocky soil from the Benje volcano erupting in 1909." - Alimentaria, Importer
"The 2024 Benje Blanco comes from the same plots that produce the red Benje, because they are all field blends, and the whites are picked three weeks earlier than the reds. They don't do flor anymore (since 2023) because of the heat, and it's too risky without sulfur. It has a pale golden color and a mealy nose with some notes of cereals, dry flowers and pollen. It has a serious and stony palate, coming through as a very serious white well above what the price level might suggest. The parameters show the contained but good ripeness, under 12% alcohol, with good balance and freshness, pH 3.02 and 6.9 grams of acidity. There was a step up in 2023, and there's another one in 2024." - 95 Points, Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate
