The 2019 Tilama is Malvasía Volcánica from the Tilama zone of the village of Tinajo in Lanzarote, and it has a saline quality as the vines are very close to the sea and the plants get sea breeze that brings salt. In 2019, the wine is 12.2% alcohol and has very high acidity, eight grams, with a very healthy pH of 3.1. The vines are centenary and are buried in holes in the volcanic ash to trap humidity and protect them from the wind and the soils amazingly enough, for such volcanic place that also has some limestone. The clusters were foot trodden in a traditional lagar pool and the wine matured in used 228- and 500-liter oak barrels for eight months. This is super clean, intense, sharp and crystalline, serious and intense. I think there is a big jump in quality here from the 2018, irrespective of the style of the vintage. This is very defined and has symmetry, precision, saline, the idea of an amazing white from the lunar landscapes of Lanzarote.
94 Points
Luis Gutiérrez, The Wine Advocate