Bodegas Los Bermejos, Lanzarote DO (Canary Islands, Spain) Malvasía Volcánica 2020

 This charming wine was my introduction to the dramatic island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands.  It has a bright, light yellow color and fresh melon aromas with hints of ripe peaches and saline notes.  The floral, melon, citrus fruit is dry, round and intense in the mouth.  It is great as an aperitif or with sauteed sole.  Malvasía Volcánico is also called Malvasía de Lanzarote.  Malvasía grapes arrived in the Canary Islands in the 1500s, but it took 300 years for it to make it to Lanzarote. So, it has been growing on Lanzarote for another 300 plus years.  It is now considered a unique variety because of its evolution in this unique environment by the International Organization of Vine and Wine.