Ocampo is the new Tenerife project from Jonatan García Lima, the winemaker behind Suertes del Marqués and Bodegas Tamerán. A leading voice in the new wave of Canarian producers, Jonatan champions the islands’ old vines, native grapes, and traditional methods.
When longtime friends, the López Díaz family, offered him the chance to work with their 12-hectare estate in Tacoronte-Acentejo, he jumped at it — his first venture into Tenerife’s oldest DO. The area’s red volcanic soils and coastal exposure give wines with clarity and tension, a potential noted by Luis Gutiérrez of Wine Advocate.
The fruit for this Listán Negro comes from ungrafted old vines on volcanic soils near the island’s northern coast — windswept plots trained low to the ground in the traditional rastra style. Everything here speaks of restraint: a short semi-carbonic maceration, native yeasts, and gentle handling in neutral oak and foudres.
The wine opens with lifted red fruits — wild strawberry, sour cherry, and pomegranate — edged by volcanic smoke and a brush of dried herbs. The palate is fine-boned and lively, the fruit stretched over a line of salty acidity. Tannins are feather-light but present, giving just enough grip to frame the freshness. It finishes clean, mineral, and quietly persistent — a whisper of ash and red currant lingering long after the glass is empty.
Suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
