Winery El GrifoVolcan de Tamia
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
The Volcan de Tamia of the Winery El Grifo is in the top 40 of wines of Lanzarote.
Details and technical informations about Winery El Grifo's Volcan de Tamia.
Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon
Rich, aromatic whites with a fuller mouth than Sauvignon Blanc and softer acidity, featuring aromas of yellow peach, melon, passion fruit, ripe citrus and delicate spicy notes. A grey-skinned mutation of Sauvignon Blanc, made as a rare single variety in Bordeaux (Pessac-Léognan, Graves), the Loire and Chile where it is experiencing a fine qualitative revival. Adds roundness to dry Bordeaux blends. French grape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Volcan de Tamia from Winery El Grifo are 2018, 0
Informations about the Winery El Grifo
The Winery El Grifo is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 35 wines for sale in the of Lanzarote to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Lanzarote
DO unique in the world on the volcanic island of Lanzarote (Canaries), vines planted in craters (arenados) dug into the black ash (picón) from the 1730-1736 eruptions. Signature endemic Malvasía Volcánica as white king: aromatic and mineral with citrus, tropical fruit, green apple, white flowers, fennel and unique iodine-saline volcanic touch. Listán Negro as firm red (blackberry, black cherry, spice, smoke). Astonishing wines, UNESCO landscape La Geria.
The wine region of Iles Canaries
Spanish vineyard archipelago spared by phylloxera, ~50 grape varieties of which 20 unique worldwide. Black volcanic soils and sub-tropical oceanic climate. Listán Negro in light, spicy red with signature notes of red cherry, wild strawberry, smoke, pepper and a volcanic mineral touch, fine tannins — an atypical style. Supple Negramoll, fresh Listán Blanco (citrus, flowers), aromatic Malvasía (candied orange, honey) historically famous.
The word of the wine: Olfaction
Perception of odours and aromas by the olfactory bulb. Retroolfaction is the same phenomenon inside the mouth via the retronasal route.
