Suertes del Marques, Valle de la Orotava Tinto La Solana, 2023 060926OFFER and Laurent Ponsot farms a

and Laurent Ponsot farms a full hectare of it

The 2001 growing season produced extraordinary botrytized wines

Premier Cru Morey from a low-key

and a fine mineral core

a 60-day maceration on the skins

Suertes del Marques, Valle de la Orotava Tinto La Solana, 2023 060926OFFER and Laurent Ponsot farms aSuertes del Marques is one of the names that put the Canary Islands back on the wine map, working the dizzying volcanic slopes of the Orotava Valley on Tenerife. As Flatiron puts it, these are some of the world's most unique and delicious wines, all salt and smoke off black volcanic soil. La Solana is a single vineyard red built from the local Listan Negro on ungrafted, century plus vines trained in the valley's wild braided cordon system. The 2023 is