Puro Rofe is a young project. The first commercially released vintage was in 2018, although they made wine in 2016 and 2017 before fully committing to the project. It comprises extremely talented young winemaker and Canary native Carmelo Pena, withviticulture handled by Vicente Tower, an artist by trade and a Lanzarote local whose family vineyards provide the backbone of the project. Vicente farms organically, as his family always has and, most importantly on the desert-like island, does not irrigate. The vineyards they maintain are spectacular, with vines well over 100 years old planted in wells with little stone walls to protect them from the ferocious trade winds that batter the island. And so far, the wines they’ve produced show amazing potential: vibrant, lean and high acid, something akin to a salt-licked, volcanic Savennieres. Rofe Blanco is an old vine, multiple-parcel blend intended to represent Lanzarote as a whole.
