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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The "Primavera 2025" bottling of the NV Fino, which is younger and more pungent than the bottling from 2023 I tasted next to it. I really like this bottling, which displays a bright old-gold color and a pungent nose of wet chalk and esparto grass. It has an agile palate that is seamless and nicely textured, with a chalky sensation and lively flavors, with a salty and bitter twist in the finish.
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.