Los Bermejos - 2017 Rosado (Listan Negro) - Lanzarote, Canary Islands blossoms and ripe tropical fruit

blossoms and ripe tropical fruit

even when it is free of sugar

woods and abundant wildlife

Andrea Mullineux

and a pleasing sappy herb finish

Los Bermejos - 2017 Rosado (Listan Negro) - Lanzarote, Canary Islands blossoms and ripe tropical fruitOwned and run by winemaker Ignacio Valdera, Bermejos is on the easternmost Canary island of Lanzarote. The conditions 80 miles from the African coast are extreme. An 18th century volcanic explosion covered the entire island in lava and ash 15 feet deep. Consequently, each vine is planted in a hole, or hoyo, that breaks through that infertile volcanic crust in order to get to the organic matter that nourishes it. The wind is so ferocious that each hoyo