Ca'N Verdura Supernova Red

Ca'n Verdura Supernova Negre is one hundred percent Mantonegro, Mallorca's ancient indigenous red variety, sourced from goblet-trained vineyards planted in the 1950s across the island's best parcels in Binissalem and Santa Maria del Camí. Winemaker Tomeu Llabrés trained under Alvaro Palacios in Priorat before returning home to found Ca'n Verdura in 2012, and this wine is his thesis statement: a handmade, single-variety expression of old vines, red iron-rich clay and limestone soils, and what he calls "viticultura en miniatura." Around 7,500 bottles produced per vintage. The result is fragrant, medium-bodied, and disarming in the way that makes you think of Nerello Mascalese or cool-climate Pinot, not the dense, extracted reds the Mediterranean is often known for. Tomeu Llabrés established Ca'n Verdura in a former auto garage in the ancient village of Binissalem, and every bottle is still handmade, every vineyard personally tended. The Supernova Negre draws from the Cas Pastor, Sa Bassa Blanca, and Plà de Buc parcels, all planted at around 130 meters in cal vermell, the distinctive red clay and limestone soils studded with galets that define this corner of the island. Manual harvest in small boxes, native yeast fermentation in stainless steel and large used French foudres, maceration varying by parcel, and thirteen months of aging in 500-liter French oak barrels. No additions, no corrections, minimal sulfur at bottling. The approach is obsessive and minimalist in equal measure. The wine is immediately expressive: wild red berries, tart cherry, cranberry, pomegranate, fresh herbs, exotic spice, and a whisper of forest floor, all framed by firm but velvety tannins and the kind of calcareous minerality that tells you exactly where it comes from. It has genuine elegance and the kind of structure that rewards a light chill and a few years in the cellar. Pair it with roast lamb, grilled vegetables, charcuterie, or anything cooked over fire. It's one of the most compelling arguments for Mallorca as a fine wine region in its own right, and it drinks like a revelation if you've never had Mantonegro before. In stock at Off Premise in Lincoln Park.