delivering electric minerality at an unbeatable value.

Some wines are merely refreshing, but this feels as if pure electricity was bottled straight from active volcanic earth. Sourced from Tenerife’s steep Atlantic slopes under Mount Teide, the 2024 Bodega Hermanos Mesa "Locartas" Blanco elevates Listán Blanco—a noble variety sharing direct ancestral roots with Andalusia’s iconic Palomino—into an electric, bone-dry masterpiece. Rooted in raw ash and dark basalt sands, it makes classic zippy Sancerres and mineral-driven village Chablis seem ordinary: mouthwatering, dripping with chiseled stone, ferrous iron, and a sharp sea-tang finish.Every glass offers incredible length and ultra-transparent focus, transporting you straight to the dramatic Canary Islands archipelago off West Africa.

At SommSelect, we place Tenerife right alongside the world's most captivating, extreme wine frontiers—sharing the spotlight with Mount Etna, Sierra de Gredos, Ribeira Sacra, Chile's Itata Valley, Swartland, Vinho Verde’s Monção e Melgaço, Ischia, and Santorini. The common thread across these hotbeds is an electric, laser-like minerality woven with focused fruit. The Mesa brothers—Fernando, Tomás, and Carmen—farm their grandfather’s original 1940s parcel and seven high-altitude plots in the Valle de Güímar DO, working strictly by hand with chemical-free farming to craft a wine that is pure, wild, and utterly alive.

For anyone running low on world-class, mouthwatering white wine, this is the bottle to buy by the half-case or case. Named after the original Mesa family vineyard, "Locartas" leads with subtle orchard fruit, fresh almond blossom, and smoky flint before gripping the palate with kinetic acidity and saline crunch. It is a thrill to drink on its own and the ultimate foil for raw oysters, grilled octopus, or garlic-rubbed seafood.

Why You'll Love It

• Extreme high-altitude white wine from pre-phylloxera vines grown up to 1,400m on Tenerife.
• Striking volcanic personality dominated by smoky flint, sea salt, and crisp citrus.
• Stainless-steel maturation on fine lees provides a clean, saline finish.

How To Serve It

• Serve well-chilled between 46°F and 50°F.
• No decanting needed; open and serve directly.
• Pour into all-purpose stems to channel its high-toned mineral and citrus aromatics.
• Pair with grilled octopus, fresh goat cheese, papas arrugadas with green mojo, or ceviche.