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Canary Islands: Appellations, Islands and Grapes

Eleven protected designations of origin, from Tacoronte-Acentejo in 1992 to the archipelago-wide DOP Islas Canarias published in the Boletin Oficial de Canarias in 2011.

The Canary Islands are an archipelago of Spain whose wines are covered by eleven protected designations of origin, each with its own consejo regulador. Tacoronte-Acentejo was the first, created in 1992, and the archipelago-wide DOP Islas Canarias was recognised and published in the Boletin Oficial de Canarias number 93 of May 11, 2011, with voluntary adherence that coexists with the island denominations. In the 2022/2023 campaign registered vineyard for the Canary DOPs ranged from 71 hectares in Tacoronte-Acentejo to 1,877 hectares in Lanzarote.

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Overview

The Canary Islands are an archipelago of Spain whose wines are covered by eleven protected designations of origin: DOP La Palma, DOP El Hierro, DOP Gran Canaria, DOP Valle de Güímar, DOP La Gomera, DOP Lanzarote, DOP Valle de la Orotava, DOP Tacoronte-Acentejo, DOP Ycoden-Daute-Isora, DOP Islas Canarias and DOP Abona, each with its own consejo regulador. Their quality body is the Instituto Canario de Calidad Agroalimentaria (ICCA), part of the Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería, Pesca y Soberanía Alimentaria of the Gobierno de Canarias. Ten of the denominations cover a single island or a district within an island, while the DOP Islas Canarias, trading as Canary Wine, brings together growers, wineries and operators from all the islands under one guarantee seal. The vineyard dates from between the 14th and 15th centuries, with the arrival of the conquerors; there is no record of vines on the islands before then. Colonists from many different places brought a large number of varieties that adapted to the climate and soils of the islands, so that almost a hundred varieties are grown, some of them unique in the world. The ICCA names Malvasía as the variety that has given the wines of the archipelago most of their fame. The islands also stand apart phytosanitarily: when phylloxera reached Spain in 1878 the Canary Islands were left free of the pest, the status of Daktulosphaira vitifoliae in the islands is recorded as absent, and a focus was detected at the end of July 2025 in a garden vine arbour and nearby semi-abandoned ground at Valle de Guerra, in the municipality of San Cristóbal de La Laguna on Tenerife.

Eleven wine DOPs, ten island or district denominations plus the archipelago-wide DOP Islas Canarias
Vineyard origin between the 14th and 15th centuries, with almost a hundred varieties grown, some unique in the world
Malvasía named by the ICCA as the variety that has given the archipelago's wines most of their fame
Phylloxera reached Spain in 1878 with the Canary Islands left free of it; status recorded as absent, with a focus detected at the end of July 2025 at Valle de Guerra, Tenerife

Key Facts

Eleven wine DOPs: La Palma, El Hierro, Gran Canaria, Valle de Güímar, La Gomera, Lanzarote, Valle de la Orotava, Tacoronte-Acentejo, Ycoden-Daute-Isora, Islas Canarias and Abona
Tacoronte-Acentejo was the first denomination of origin created in the Canary Islands, in 1992, and covers a cultivated area of 1,583 hectares on the north side of Tenerife
The DOP Islas Canarias was officially recognised and published in the Boletin Oficial de Canarias number 93 of May 11, 2011; adherence is voluntary and it coexists with the existing denominations of origin
Lanzarote registered 1,877 hectares at the end of the 2022/2023 campaign, the largest of the eleven Canary figures for that campaign, with 1,835 growers
Qualified wine volume in the 2022/2023 campaign ran from 414 hectolitres in La Gomera to 11,621 hectolitres in Lanzarote
The vineyard dates from between the 14th and 15th centuries, when colonists brought varieties that evolved into almost a hundred, some unique in the world
Phylloxera reached Spain in 1878 and the Canary Islands remained free of the pest; the phytosanitary status for Daktulosphaira vitifoliae is recorded as absent, and a focus was detected at the end of July 2025 at Valle de Guerra, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna on Tenerife
Vineyards in Abona run from sea level to summit zones such as Vilaflor, the highest municipality in Spain, and Valle de Güímar vineyards reach 1,600 metres

Climate and geography

The ICCA calls almost all Canary viticulture an example of a struggle against a hostile environment, with Lanzarote perhaps the island where the grower makes the greatest effort to overcome the barriers nature imposes. There the grower digs deep hollows in the volcanic ash down to vegetal soil, which shelters the vine from the wind while collecting humidity from the air and preventing evaporation, and builds low stone walls to protect the vines from the prevailing wind. The landscape of La Geria is of special interest for the singularity of this growing method, and yield per vine is low under these conditions. On La Gomera the broken relief of the island forced growers to build small stone terraces that soften the steep slopes and make any mechanisation impossible. In the Valle de la Orotava, at the foot of Teide, vines are trained in the cordón system parallel to the ground at 60 to 100 centimetres, in long braided cords that in some cases run more than eight metres on wooden supports. Altitude and exposure vary sharply from one denomination to the next. In Abona the vineyards run from sea level, where traditional varieties such as Malvasía are being encouraged, up to summit zones such as the municipality of Vilaflor, the highest municipality in Spain. Valle de Güímar extends from the medianías up to 1,600 metres at its summits. On El Hierro most plantings sit at low altitude above sea level, which brings very fast ripening, with smaller plantings in high areas such as El Pinar; soils there are mostly sandy and the vineyard runs through the valleys and some mountain slopes, the main producing areas being the Valle del Golfo, Sabinosa, El Pinar and Echedo. In the Valle de la Orotava the sea of clouds that affects the district during ripening gives the reds and rosés of the zone their particular notes.

Lanzarote: deep hollows dug in volcanic ash down to vegetal soil, plus low stone walls against the prevailing wind, with low yield per vine
Valle de Güímar: vineyards from the medianías up to 1,600 metres
Abona: vineyards from sea level to summit zones such as Vilaflor, the highest municipality in Spain
Valle de la Orotava: vines trained in braided cordón at 60 to 100 centimetres, in a district affected by the sea of clouds during ripening
El Hierro: mostly sandy soils, most plantings at low altitude, main areas Valle del Golfo, Sabinosa, El Pinar and Echedo

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Appellations and classification

Classification ladders

Aging tiers

Spanish Aging Categories

Spain Full article 4 tiers, lowest to highest

4 Gran Reserva

The minimum requirement for red wines is 60 months total aging, with at least 18 months in oak under the national general rule and 24 months in oak in Rioja DOCa and Ribera del Duero DO.

18 months oak60 months totalwhite and rosé Gran Reserva: 48 months total with 6 months oak

Examples R. López de Heredia Marqués de Murrieta CVNE / Compañía Vinícola del Norte de España Contino

The minimum requirement for red wines is 60 months total aging, with at least 18 months in oak under the national general rule and 24 months in oak in Rioja DOCa and Ribera del Duero DO.

From Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva (Spanish Aging Classification)
3 Reserva

For red wines, the minimum requirement is 36 months total aging with at least 12 months in oak; white wines must age a minimum of 24 months with at least 6 months in oak.

12 months oak36 months totalwhite and rosé Reserva: 24 months total with 6 months oak

Examples R. López de Heredia Vega Sicilia Contino Cartuxa

For red wines, the minimum requirement is 36 months total aging with at least 12 months in oak; white wines must age a minimum of 24 months with at least 6 months in oak.

From Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva (Spanish Aging Classification)
2 Crianza

Crianza is the first of the three protected aging terms and requires a minimum of 24 months of total aging for red wines, with at least 6 months spent in oak vessels under the national general rule and 12 months in oak in stricter DOs such as Rioja DOCa and Ribera del Duero DO.

6 months oak24 months totalwhite and rosé Crianza: 18 months total with 6 months oak

Examples Castro Ventosa Pesquera Arzuaga Navarro Bodegas Bretón

Crianza is the first of the three protected aging terms and requires a minimum of 24 months of total aging for red wines, with at least 6 months spent in oak vessels under the national general rule and 12 months in oak in stricter DOs such as Rioja DOCa and Ribera del Duero DO.

From Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva (Spanish Aging Classification)
1 Joven

Joven refers to wines released for sale without minimum oak aging requirements, typically bottled and released within a year of harvest.

no mandatory oak aging or total aging period

Examples Castro Ventosa Rioja Alavesa Montilla-Moriles DO

Joven, meaning 'young' in Spanish, refers to wines released for sale without minimum oak aging requirements.

From Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva (Spanish Aging Classification)

All headline minimums apply to reds; white and rosé wines have shorter minimums (Crianza 18 months, Reserva 24 months, Gran Reserva 48 months total).
Individual DOs apply stricter standards within the national minimums, with Rioja DOCa and Ribera del Duero DO the strictest mainstream versions.
Reserva Especial, Extra Reserva, Vino de Autor and Vino de Guarda are informal producer designations outside the four-tier framework, and Cava and Sherry use entirely separate aging classifications.

Tiers, criteria and figures come only from Joven, Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva (Spanish Aging Classification) own text. Tap a rung for its criteria and the sentence behind it.

Geographic tiers

Spanish Denomination Hierarchy

Spain Full article 4 tiers, lowest to highest

4 Vino de Pago

A single-site classification: all grapes must come from vineyards in the pago, the wine must be made and bottled by the vineyard owners, and the pago's name must have identified its wines in the market for at least five years.

at least 10 years of quality production

Examples El Terrerazo

Vino de Pago, introduced in 2003, is a single-site classification: under Ley 6/2015, all grapes must come from vineyards in the pago, the wine must be made and bottled by the owners of those vineyards, and the pago's name must have been used in the market to identify its wines for at least five years.

From Spain's DO Classification Hierarchy: From Region to Single Vineyard
3 Denominación de Origen Calificada DOCa/DOQ

Reserved for a DOP that has used the term DO for at least 10 years and whose wines are sold only bottled, from registered wineries inside its delimited zone.

at least 10 years under DO

A Royal Decree of 22 February 1988 (Real Decreto 157/1988) set the rules for Denominaciones de Origen and for a superior tier, the Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa); Ley 6/2015 now reserves that term for a DOP that has used the term DO for at least 10 years and whose wines are sold only bottled, from registered wineries inside its delimited zone.

From Spain's DO Classification Hierarchy: From Region to Single Vineyard
2 Denominación de Origen DO

Created by the 1932 Wine Statute, each DO is governed by a Consejo Regulador that sets permitted varieties, maximum yields, and aging minimums within a delineated production zone.

Examples Ribera del Duero DO Rías Baixas DO Jerez-Xérès-Sherry DO Penedès DO

Spain's formal DO system began with the 1932 Wine Statute (Estatuto del Vino), the country's first legal framework for protecting Denominaciones de Origen.

From Spain's DO Classification Hierarchy: From Region to Single Vineyard, read from two or more sentences
1 Vino de Calidad

A stepping-stone category created by the 2003 revision of the Wine Law, of which Spain has 7 as of May 2024.

The Vino de Pago single-estate category came into legal being in 2003, and Vino de Calidad works as a stepping-stone category: under Ley 6/2015, an area must have been recognised as a vino de calidad con indicación geográfica for at least five years before it can become a DO.

From Spain's DO Classification Hierarchy: From Region to Single Vineyard, read from two or more sentences

Only two regions hold DOCa status: Rioja (1991) and Priorat, DOQ in Catalan (2000).
Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) is the formal category, and Denominación de Origen (DO) is one of the traditional terms used for DOP wines.
Spain's aging classification (Crianza, Reserva, Gran Reserva) runs parallel to the geographic hierarchy, and both can appear on the same bottle.

Tiers, criteria and figures come only from Spain's DO Classification Hierarchy: From Region to Single Vineyard own text. Tap a rung for its criteria and the sentence behind it.

Each of the eleven wine DOPs has its own consejo regulador. Tacoronte-Acentejo was the first denomination of origin created in the Canary Islands, in 1992, followed by Lanzarote in 1993. The consejo regulador of El Hierro started in 1994, and La Palma, Valle de la Orotava and Ycoden-Daute-Isora all date from 1994. Abona obtained its denomination of origin in 1995 and Valle de Güímar was created in 1995. La Gomera was created in 2003, and Gran Canaria in 2005, after the unification of the two denominations of origin that existed on that island until then, Gran Canaria and Monte Lentiscal. The DOP Islas Canarias sits across the archipelago. It was officially recognised and published in the Boletin Oficial de Canarias number 93 of May 11, 2011, which approved its reglamento, and it is of voluntary adherence and can coexist with the existing denominations of origin. It grew out of the Asociación de Viticultores y Bodegueros de Canarias (AVIBO), which under article 31 of Ley 6/2019 of April 9 on Canary agri-food quality is the association and management body of the DOP, working under the administrative tutelage of the ICCA. Under Decreto 39/2016 of April 25, AGROCOLOR, S.L. and SOHISCERT, S.A. are the entities authorised to certify the product Vino de Calidad de las Islas Canarias covered by a protected designation of origin. The DOP Islas Canarias uses four classifications on its labelling: Vino de Región, from parcels across the archipelago; Vino de Isla, from parcels within one of the islands recognised as a smaller geographic unit for the DOP, Tenerife or Fuerteventura; Vino de Municipio, from parcels in a single municipality where the wine is also made and bottled; and Vino de Parcela, from a parcel in a site whose soil and microclimate set it apart from its surroundings.

Tacoronte-Acentejo 1992, Lanzarote 1993, El Hierro consejo regulador 1994, La Palma 1994, Valle de la Orotava 1994, Ycoden-Daute-Isora 1994
Abona 1995, Valle de Güímar 1995, La Gomera 2003, Gran Canaria 2005 after unifying Gran Canaria and Monte Lentiscal
DOP Islas Canarias recognised and published in the Boletin Oficial de Canarias number 93 of May 11, 2011; voluntary adherence, coexisting with the existing denominations
Canary Wine labelling tiers: Vino de Región, Vino de Isla, Vino de Municipio, Vino de Parcela
AGROCOLOR, S.L. and SOHISCERT, S.A. authorised under Decreto 39/2016 of April 25 to certify Vino de Calidad de las Islas Canarias

Key sub-regions

The hub below follows the eleven Canary DOPs that organise this wiki. The areas given for each district are cultivated or censused areas, while the hectares in Production and trade are the surface registered with each DOP at the end of the 2022/2023 campaign, so the two sets are not measured the same way.

Abona: obtained its denomination of origin in 1995 and covers 1,200 hectares across the medianías and summits of the southern cone of Tenerife, in Fasnia, Arico, Granadilla de Abona, San Miguel de Abona, Vilaflor, Arona and Adeje. White vines are 80 percent of the plantings and reds the remaining 20 percent, with Listán Blanco the majority variety.
El Hierro: vine growing on the island began in 1526 and the consejo regulador of the denomination of origin started in 1994. The DOP covers the whole island and draws on about 208 hectares of censused vineyard, with mostly sandy soils and Vijariego, called Verijadiego Blanca on the island, predominant among the whites.
Gran Canaria: created in 2005 after unifying the Gran Canaria and Monte Lentiscal denominations, it covers the whole island with a total of about 250 hectares, 230 of them registered, in small parcels mostly in the medianías and summits. Negra Común, that is Listán Negro, is the most used variety and Moscatel de Alejandría the majority white.
Islas Canarias: the archipelago-wide DOP, recognised in the Boletin Oficial de Canarias number 93 of May 11, 2011, managed by AVIBO under the tutelage of the ICCA. Adherence is voluntary and coexists with the island denominations, and the DOP counted 587 registered hectares, 682 growers and 46 registered wineries in the 2022/2023 campaign.
La Gomera: created in 2003 with around 120 hectares registered, worked on small stone terraces built to soften the steep slopes, which rule out mechanisation. Forastera Gomera is the main variety and most of the wines are white.
La Palma: the denomination dates from 1994, covers the whole island and is divided into three subzones, Hoyo de Mazo, Fuencaliente and Norte, with a censused area of around 800 hectares. The Malvasía Dulce of the Fuencaliente subzone and the Vino de Tea, kept in casks of Canary pine, are its distinctive bottlings.
Lanzarote: created in 1993 and covering the whole island, with the landscape of La Geria of special interest for its growing method. Growers dig deep hollows in volcanic ash and build low stone walls against the wind, yields per vine are low, and Malvasía is the leading variety ahead of Listán Blanco, Moscatel, Diego and Burra Blanca, with most production going to white wines in styles from young and crianza to liqueur and sparkling.
Tacoronte-Acentejo: the first denomination of origin created in the Canary Islands, in 1992, on the north side of Tenerife across La Laguna, Tegueste, Tacoronte, El Sauzal, La Matanza de Acentejo, La Victoria de Acentejo, Santa Úrsula, El Rosario and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (Anaga). It runs for 23 kilometres over a cultivated area of 1,583 hectares and is known mainly for young red wines.
Valle de Güímar: created in 1995 in the valley of the same name in the south of Tenerife, with vineyards from the medianías up to 1,600 metres and around 700 hectares in Arafo, Candelaria and Güímar. White vines make up 85 percent of the plantings, led by Listán Blanco, and the district makes a wide range of white wines including sparkling.
Valle de la Orotava: created in 1994 in the north of Tenerife with some 700 hectares of vineyard across Los Realejos, Puerto de la Cruz and La Orotava. Vines are trained in the braided cordón system, and Listán Negro and Listán Blanco account for 40 percent and 55 percent of plantings.
Ycoden-Daute-Isora: created in 1994 in the north west of Tenerife, across San Juan de la Rambla, La Guancha, Icod de los Vinos, Garachico, Los Silos, El Tanque, Buenavista del Norte, Santiago del Teide and Guía de Isora. Training systems range from the Portuguese emparrado to the modern espaldera over an estimated 2,000 hectares, of which 330 are registered with the consejo regulador.

Grapes

Colonists brought a large number of varieties to the islands, and almost a hundred are grown, some of them unique in the world. In the Valle de la Orotava Listán Blanco accounts for 55 percent of plantings and Listán Negro for 40 percent. In Abona white vines are 80 percent of the plantings with Listán Blanco the majority variety, and in Valle de Güímar white vines are 85 percent with Listán Blanco again in the lead. In Ycoden-Daute-Isora Listán Blanco and Listán Negro are the predominant varieties. The smaller islands hold their own leading varieties. On Lanzarote Malvasía is the leading variety, followed by Listán Blanco, Moscatel, Diego and Burra Blanca, with Listán Negro the most significant red. On Gran Canaria the most used variety is Negra Común, that is Listán Negro, followed by Tintilla, Vijariego Negra, Negramoll and Castellana, while Moscatel de Alejandría is the majority white. On El Hierro the white plantings are led by Vijariego, called Verijadiego Blanca on the island, alongside Listán Blanco, Pedro Jiménez, Baboso, Gual and the aromatic Bermejuelo, with Listán Negro, Negramoll, Baboso Negro, Vijariego Negro and Tintilla among the reds. On La Gomera the main variety is Forastera Gomera, marked by aromatic intensity and acidity, with Listán Blanco and Malvasía also planted in white and Listán Negro, Tintilla and Castellana in red. Tacoronte-Acentejo lists Listán Negro, Negramoll, Tintilla, Castellana Negra, Ruby Cabernet, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Tempranillo and Syrah among reds and Listán Blanco, Gual, Malvasía, Moscatel and Verdello among whites.

Valle de la Orotava: Listán Blanco 55 percent and Listán Negro 40 percent of plantings
Abona: 80 percent white vines, 20 percent red, Listán Blanco the majority variety
Valle de Güímar: 85 percent white vines, led by Listán Blanco
Lanzarote: Malvasía the leading variety, then Listán Blanco, Moscatel, Diego and Burra Blanca; Listán Negro the most significant red
Gran Canaria: Negra Común, that is Listán Negro, the most used variety, and Moscatel de Alejandría the majority white
La Gomera: Forastera Gomera the main variety, marked by aromatic intensity and acidity

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Production and trade

Vineyards covered 8,158.2 hectares in the Canary Islands in 2024, 20.6 percent of the cultivated area of the archipelago. That statistic counts land by crop across all cultivation on the islands, a wider measure than the surfaces registered with each protected designation. Surfaces registered with each DOP at the end of the 2022/2023 campaign, with the number of growers in brackets, were: Lanzarote 1,877 hectares (1,835), Abona 808 hectares (1,433), Islas Canarias 587 hectares (682), La Palma 461 hectares (816), Valle de la Orotava 184 hectares (400), Valle de Güímar 154 hectares (400), La Gomera 125 hectares (234), El Hierro 122 hectares (247), Gran Canaria 190 hectares (294), Ycoden-Daute-Isora 97 hectares (336) and Tacoronte-Acentejo 71 hectares (1,148). Because adherence to the DOP Islas Canarias is voluntary and coexists with the island denominations, its area is not a separate block to be added to the others. Qualified wine volume for the same 2022/2023 campaign, with the 2021/2022 figure in brackets, was 11,621 hectolitres for Lanzarote (14,221), 6,780 for Islas Canarias (5,391), 6,672 for Abona (5,192), 6,620 for Tacoronte-Acentejo (7,791), 6,032 for La Palma (2,786), 2,285 for Valle de Güímar (2,039), 1,716 for Valle de la Orotava (1,763), 1,413 for Gran Canaria (2,032), 1,240 for Ycoden-Daute-Isora (1,065), 866 for El Hierro (598) and 414 for La Gomera (344). Registered wineries in the 2022/2023 campaign numbered 46 for Islas Canarias, 43 for Gran Canaria, 33 for Lanzarote, 31 for Tacoronte-Acentejo, 22 for La Gomera, 21 for La Palma, 21 for Valle de la Orotava, 20 for Abona, 13 for El Hierro, 12 for Valle de Güímar and 8 for Ycoden-Daute-Isora.

Vineyards covered 8,158.2 hectares in the Canary Islands in 2024, 20.6 percent of the cultivated area of the archipelago
Lanzarote: 1,877 hectares registered and 1,835 growers at the end of the 2022/2023 campaign
Abona: 808 hectares and 1,433 growers in the 2022/2023 campaign
Lanzarote qualified 11,621 hectolitres in 2022/2023, against 14,221 hectolitres in 2021/2022
La Palma qualified 6,032 hectolitres in 2022/2023, against 2,786 hectolitres in 2021/2022
Registered wineries in 2022/2023 ranged from 8 in Ycoden-Daute-Isora to 46 in Islas Canarias

Sources and last verified

Primary sources (Instituto Canario de Calidad Agroalimentaria and Gobierno de Canarias, and the DOP Islas Canarias): https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/dopIslasCanarias.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/tacoronte.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/abona.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/Lanzarote.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/elHierro.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/granCanaria.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/guimar.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/laGomera.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/laOrotava.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/laPalma.html, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agpsa/icca/temas/productos_calidad/vinos/ycoden.html, https://www.canarywine.com/transparencia/, https://www.canarywine.com/singularidad/, https://www.gobiernodecanarias.org/agricultura/temas/sanidad_vegetal/filoxera/. Secondary source: https://www.mapa.gob.es/dam/mapa/contenido/alimentacion/temas/calidad-agroalimentaria/2017-calidad-diferenciada/2-etgs--especialidades-tradicionales-garantizadas/datos-estadisticos/vinos-con-dop--campanas-2000-2023/informedops2022-2023.pdf. Last verified 2026-10-05

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Canary wine styles follow the islands. Most Lanzarote production goes to white wines in their different forms: young, crianza, liqueur and even sparkling. On La Palma the Malvasía Dulce of the Fuencaliente subzone is amber in colour with a wide range of aromas in which notes of dried fruit predominate, combining sweet, bitter and acid flavours, while the Vino de Tea takes its resin flavour from being kept in casks of Canary pine. Gran Canaria reds are made mainly for young drinking, intense red in colour with primary aromas, and its whites are young, aromatic, light and balanced. On La Gomera the Forastera Gomera gives wines marked by aromatic intensity and acidity, and on El Hierro the white Bermejuelo is singled out for aromas recalling fine mountain herbs.

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Official sourceInstituto Canario de Calidad Agroalimentaria, Gobierno de Canarias, DOP Islas Canarias (Canary Wine)