white grape · regional specialty
Malvasía Volcánica
Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
Say it
mahl·vah·see·ahvohl·kah·nee·kah
In Castilian Spanish both 'v's are soft bilabials, pronounced as /b/; accent marks indicate stressed syllable in each word.
On the palate
apricotwhite peachpearpineappleorange blossomalmond
How you spot it blind: intensely aromatic stone fruit with a saline, volcanic mineral finish
The story
DNA studies confirmed Malvasia Volcanica as a natural cross of Malvasia Dubrovacka and the Canary Islands endemic Bermejuela; vines survive ungrafted on Lanzarote's phylloxera-free lapilli soils.
Family tree: MALVASIA DUBROVACKA × BERMEJUELA
Where it lives
DO Lanzarote, Spain · Canary Islands, Spain
Shows up as
still whitesemi-sweetsweetsparklingDO Lanzarote
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Also answers to Malvasia Volcanica, Volcanic Malvasia.