Spain — wine

Tenerife

The Canary Islands' most important wine island, producing extraordinary volcanic wines from pre-phylloxera Listan Negro, Negramoll, and Listan Blanco vines grown on lava soils at altitude. The island's five DOs range from the Atlantic coast to 1700m on Teide's slopes, creating extraordinary terroir diversity.

Year Rating Notes
2022 Outstanding vintage; Listan Negro of exceptional volcanic complexity and Listan Blanco of saline precision.
2021 Classic Atlantic vintage; wines of haunting mineral character from the ancient ungrafted vines.
2020 Benchmark year; Suertes and Envinate produced wines that excited the international natural wine world.
2019 Landmark vintage for Tenerife; old-vine expressions of extraordinary volcanic authenticity.
2018 Solid vintage; the volcanic basalt delivered characteristic mineral intensity across all varieties.