Sweet wine / DO Lanzarote / Dessert or after-dinner wine, cured cheeses and chocolate

• Exhibitor: BODEGAS EL GRIFO
• Brand name: El Grifo Moscatel de Ana
• Sector: DO Lanzarote

This sweet wine is made with grapes from our oldest Muscat vines (some dating back to the 19th century), which grow in holes along the volcanic lava layer known as chabocos or jameos.Following a short raisining process in the sun and a unique maceration, fermentation was interrupted with 100 g/L of natural sugars. The wine then underwent extensive ageing using the solera system. When transferring to 50-cl bottles, we added a certain proportion of young Muscatel.The wine is named after Ana Brito, who was born in El Grifo in 1880, the year that our soleras date back to.

TASTING NOTES

· Colour: Bright amber with caramel reflections, clear and brilliant.

· Aroma: Complex, with oxidative notes from a long ageing process in barrels.

· Mouth: Notes of candied fruit, nuts and aromatic herbs from the grape variety. Long and elegant finish. The high natural acidity prevents it from being overly sweet.

 

TECHNICAL SHEET

Type of wine: Aged sweet

Grape varieties: 100% Muscat of Alexandria

Alcohol content: 15%

Residual sugar: 90 g/L

Total tartaric acid: 6.6 g/L

pH: 3.36

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.