El Grifo white wine

The wine world keeps surprising me and this time it's a white wine from the warm and sunny Lanzarote that are hitting the headlines.

When are you on holiday in the Canary Islands good wines can be difficult to track down as there are a lot of plunk around.

El Grifo is the oldest winery on the Canary islands (1775 in fact) and this white wine based upon the pre phylloxera Malvasia grape is very good value for money.

Pale and clean straw colour.

Aromatic wine with plenty citrus, tropical fruit and white flowers.

The wine is bone dry with an elegant acidity and a lovely minerality from the volcano ashes that the grapes have grown in.

A real treat for 14€!

El Grifo
Malvasia Coleccion
Lanzarote

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