Sparkling Wine / Ancestral Method (Pét-Nat) / DO Lanzarote / 100% Malvasía Volcánica

  • Exhibitor: BODEGAS EL GRIFO
  • Brand name: El Grifo Ancestral Ecológico 2023
  • Sector: DO Lanzarote
  • Organic Exhibition Area

Sparkling wine made with Malvasía Volcánica by the Ancestral Method (Pet-Nat), in a single fermentation. The grapes come from a single plot in the northwest of the Island (Tinajo area), approximately one hectare (300 plants).

ELABORATION

The entire bunch was pressed without destemming to minimize tannic extraction. After a brief racking, the must began to ferment in a small tank with our own yeasts. After the tumultuous fermentation, when the sugar decreased to 12 g/l of sugar, we introduced the must into bottles and proceeded to cork them so that the residual fermentation generated the carbonic bubbles.

TASTING

View: Slightly cloudy, straw yellow, with slight golden tones. Very fine and well integrated bubble. Bubble rosary, elegant and persistent.

Aroma: Medium-high intensity, with hints of fresh fruit (peach, apricot, mango), citrus (orange peel, grapefruit) on a slightly floral background (orange blossom). Memories of fermentation, such as bread crumbs and yeast.

Mouth: A delicate texture of the bubble that makes it creamy in the mouth, with a light, fruity palate and good final acidity that makes it refreshing, with a saline memory. Overall, a silky, broad and harmonious sparkling wine where white fruit predominates.


The oldest winery in the Canaries and among the ten oldest in Spain. We keep some grapevines from the 19th century, which ripen on the mountainside and are hand-picked one by one. The fire, the wind and the rock create the extreme conditions from which these wines of marked character and personality are born and with which we discover the soul of a land and a climate unique in the world.