Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Intense and nutty, with a searing dryness that serves it well. This style of fine Sherry is ultra-fresh but lean. The palate is dry and almost salty, with nutty subtleties and very distant flavors of apricots. Lithe and stylish throughout, with a fineness to the body that defies its age and 19.5% alcohol level.
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Wine & Spirits
Touches of exotic spice and dried-fruit flavors meld into this wine’s soft texture; then a delicious acidity shines through, refreshing the flavors and adding some grip. The salt and iodine notes appear as background music. This one needs grilled trout.
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Wine Spectator
Stylish, with a lightly woodsy frame to the date, dried persimmon, bitter almond and walnut notes. A singed cedar edge drives through the finish. Drink now. 300 cases made.
Sherry is a fortified wine that comes in many styles from dry to sweet. True Sherry can only be made in Andalucía, Spain where the soil and unique seasonal changes give a particular character to its wines. The process of production—not really the grape—determine the type, though certain types are reserved for certain grapes. Palomino is responsible for most dry styles; Pedro Ximénez and Muscat of Alexandria are used for blending or for sweet styles.
Known more formally as Jerez de la Frontera, Jerez is a city in Andalucía in southwest Spain and the center of the Jerez region and sherry production. Sherry is a mere English corruption of the term Jerez, while in French, Jerez is written, Xérès. Manzanilla is the freshest style of sherry, naturally derived from the seaside town of Sanlúcar de Barrameda.