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The best wine of the Canary Islands and nine other jewels of Lasislas

Ten wines of category (two sweet, four white and four other red) from Lanzarote, La Palma and Tenerife

Ten wines from the Canary Islands, represented by three of its islands (Lanzarote, La Palma and Tenerife) .Among the chosen ones, some have no punctuation since they have been tasting for a long time.In these last cases, the tasting notes of those wines are those provided by the wineries themselves.Of the samples chosen two they are sweet, four white and four other reds. And it is precisely one of the number one sweets: The Canari Griffin .A elaboration in which wines of different walks are mixed and with the Volcanic malvasia grape as the protagonist.In all cases the quality is quite high and the grapes list black, list white, malvasia and negramoll are quite represented.

Caletas

Good olfactory intensity, highlighting the fruit and mineral notes, combined with a subtle aging on lees In the mouth it is elegant and unctuous, with a long and pleasant finish.

Price: 15 euros. Anada: 2014. Origin : DOLa Palma. Variety: I open, like, list white and marmajuelo. Winery: Teneguia.Fuencaliente (La Palma).922 44 40 78.

Crater Tinto

Good wine, with many mineral notes and fruity finesse.In the mouth it is tasty, good volume and balance, with an adequate length, freshness and many mineral memories too.

Points: 91. Price: 15 euros. Add: 2013. Source: DOTacoronte-Acentejo. Variety: black and negramoll list. Winery: Crater El Sauzal.(Tenerife).922 573 272.

Drago-Blanco

Aroma with fruity memories, while in the mouth it is delicate, with a good balance and final notes of fruits and flowers.

Price: 13-14 euros. Anada: 2017. Origin: DOTacoronte-Acentejo. Variety: white list. Winery: MonjeEl Sauzal.(Tenerife).Tel: 922 58 50 27.

El Esquilon

Freshness and finesse, nature notes.Power in the mouth, very long.Extraordinary essence of a Canarian wine.Even at times blunt, alive, tasty.Very large.

Points: 94. Price: 20-25 euros. Anada: 2013. Origin: DOValle de la Orotava. Variety: black list (70%) and tintilla. Winery: Soagranorte.La Orotava (Tenerife).922 501 300.

The Canari Griffin

A first impression in its aromas of honey and dried apricots that is soon replaced by dried fruits.It is hard on the palate, but with a tenderness point, somewhat stiff and romantic at the same time..

Points: 95. Price: 30-35 euros. Anada: Mix of wines from 1956, 1970 and 1997. Origin: DOL Anzarote. Variety: Malvasia volcanica. Winery: El Grifo.San Bartolome (Lanzarote).929 524 036.

El Grifo Malvasia

Delicate, white and citrus fruit notes in the background, certainly subtle, with a very present but integrated acidity and sufficient freshness.

Points: 91. Price : 10 euros. Anada: 2017. Origin: DOLanzarote. Variety: volcanic malvasia. Winery: El Grifo. Address: San Bartolome (Lanzarote).Tel: 929 524 036.

Humboldt Tinto Dulce

High intensity in nose, notes of Overripe fruit, dried apricots, dried figs...In the mouth it is intense, unctuous of flavors, broad and with nuances of fruit in compote.Singular and elegant.

Price: 15-20 euros. Anada: 2001. Origin: DOTacoronte-Acentejo. Variety: black list. Winery: Insulares.Tacoro nte (Tenerife).922 570 617.

Los Bermejos Malvasia Seco

A wine that overflows citrus and mineral notes, and a feeling of acidity from the origin that remains in the mouth , firm, happy.Very good sample of a white from Lanzarote.

Points: 91. Price: 10-15 euros. Anada : 2016. Origin: DOLanzarote. Variety: malvasia. Winery: Los Bermejos.San Bartolome (Lanzarote).928 522 463.

Medianias

Proven for the first time a few dates ago and that apparently have modified its elaboration with respect to other years.Wine of black list, quite quality, much character and youth.

Points: 91. Price: 15-20 euros. Anada: 2016. Origin: DOValle de la Orotava. Variety: black list. Winery: Soagranorte.La Orotava (Tenerife).922 501 300.

Vina Norte Tinto

Intense aroma of strawberries, raspberries and redcurrants, highlighting their balance and body in the mouth; Tasty, with elegant tanic final touch.Long persistence with fruity memories.

Price: 6-7 euros. Anada: 2017. Origin : DOTacoronte-Acentejo. Variety: black list (95%) and negramoll. Winery: Insulares.Tacoronte (Tenerife).922 570 617.

The best wine of the Canary Islands and nine other jewels of Lasislas

Wines of Bodegas Teneguia, on the island of La Palma

Winery Route

More than six thousand hectares of vineyards registered, which are not many. Eleven Denominations of Origin , five of them in the Tenerife Island.Registered varieties up to 1,750 meters above sea level.The cultivation of the vine dates back five centuries and in the last decades the appearance of the Regulatory Councils has given a new dimension to the wine of the Islands Canary Islands.And also wine tourism, with many wineries prepared to receive tourists.

Until relatively recently, white wines (mainly from Malvasia and white list grapes) were the most recognized in the rest of Spain, with three high-level wineries, such as are El Grifo, Los Bermejos and Teneguia , the first two in Lanzarote and the third in La Palma, however, some reds have an enviable level and in this line began to position not many years ago Luck del Marques, which belongs to the Valle de la Orotava, a family winery born in 2006.

Valle de la Orotava is one of the eleven Denominations of Origin that the Canaries have, with three main grapes: the aforementioned malvasia (white wines) and black and negramoll (red) list.The other ten are the following: Ycoden Daute Isora, Guimar Valley, El Hierro, Tacoronte-Acentejo, Abona, Lanzarote, La Palma, Gran Canaria , La Gomera and Canary Islands.

In addition to the islands of Lanzarote and La Palma, the third very positioned to receive wine tourism is Tenerife and in fact has half of the Denominations of Origin and the oldest: Tacoronte-Acentejo .Located in the northern part of the island , is a treasure scattered throughout nine municipalities (Santa Ursula, La Matanza de Acentejo, La Victoria de Acentejo, El Sauzal, Tacoronte, Tegueste, El Rosario, San Cristobal de la Laguna and Santa Cruz de Tenerife).A treasure found through Bodegas Insulares or Bodegas Dominguez, for example, and the Canarias winery also lives in Tenerife, which, perhaps, started earlier and better the road through wine tourism: Bodegas Monje, in the municipality of El Sauzal.

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