Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
While the dark color and candied scents may stretch the definition of Fino, this wine’s minerality and freshness speak clearly of the style. It is rustic and wild, intense in chalkiness. Ideal for smoked mackerel.
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Wine Enthusiast
A medium to rich style of fino, with mild oxidation and aromas of vanilla, resin and dusty white fruits. The palate has a very nice texture to it, and the flavors of dry banana and lightly salted nuts are just right. A pure, convincing wine that proves that Dios Baco is a Sherry producer worth turning to.
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.