The wines of Suertes del Marqués

Suertes del Marqués is a modern winery from Tenerife that makes wines following the island's traditions. They use Tenerife's indigenous grapes and make their wines as naturally as possible: fermenting on the island's wild yeasts and adding as little as possible. The style is classic - Suertes del Marqués seeks refinement and elegance in its wines.

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At Suertes del Marqués, everything changed completely in 2006. Until then, the grapes were sold to winemakers, but young winemaker Jonatan García Lima had very different plans: to make quality wines himself from the roughly 11 hectares of vineyards. These lie in the La Orotava valley in the north of Tenerife, spread across 21 plots at 300 to 750 meters above sea level, on volcanic soil. Suertes del Marqués also buys in grapes from a select group of winemakers with around 15 hectares of vineyards in the same valley.

Jonatan is especially inspired by Burgundy. He uses large wooden foudres from this renowned French wine region, and for his wines too he pursues an elegant style. The barrels, for instance, aren't toasted, to give off as little flavor as possible. He vinifies the wines separately per plot, as is customary in Burgundy. The cellar has been fully modernized and contains state-of-the-art equipment. In short, nothing stands in Jonatan's way when it comes to making wines that rank among the best of the island.

In doing so, he follows his own philosophy - he works as naturally as possible. He adds no yeasts but lets the wines ferment slowly with the help of the island's wild yeasts. Additions such as sulfite are kept to a minimum. And Jonatan works with the island's indigenous grapes, such as Listán Negro and Listán Blanco, Vijariego Negro, Baboso Negro, Tintilla and Albillo Criollo. These grow according to the traditional 'cordon trenzado' method, in which long shoots of the plants are trained along the ground. We currently have one wine from Suertes del Marqués in our range. You can view all our wines from Suertes del Marqués here.

If you want to know more about this winery, here you will find the link to the website of Suertes del Marqués.