Winemaker Notes
Amontillado La Garrocha should be served at room temperature (68°F).
Professional Ratings
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Wine & Spirits
This wine smells like a sweet Amontillado, but it isn't sweet at all. Three years in oak have given it caramel aromas that quickly transform into a mature nuttiness, the flavor similar to a chestnut tart. What comes next is taut acidity, coupled with a sensation of salinity that engulfs any sweetness and leaves a sense of balance.
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Wine Spectator
Accessible and round, with notes of salted caramel, almond husk, date and dried persimmon all weaving through the detailed finish. A great introduction to the amontillado style for Sherry newbies, but still complex enough for aficionados.
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.