Winemaker Notes
The absolute unicorn, cellar treat of Sherry. Light amber-hued, oxidative sherry opens to racy, intensely brooding notes of salt-roasted hazelnuts and antique wood. The umami packed palate leads to dried fruits and roasted wild mushrooms, with a long, layered, electric finish.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
They specify that their NV Palo Cortado, undergoes a phase of biological aging under flor, so it starts as a Fino and finishes aging like an Oloroso and has a combination of both characters, pungent and elegant with roundness and volume. It has 20% alcohol. Best After 2029
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Wine & Spirits
This rare Palo Cortado comes from four butts of a solera that Maestro Sierra estimates to be more than 70 years old. Although there is a slight sweetness to it, the flavors are framed in sea salt, stony notes, iodine and spices. It has the character of the greatest dry Sherries, but that sweet note gives it a touch of distinction—and makes it more approachable as well.
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Wine Spectator
This has a mellow, broad feel, with rolled-off edges that let flan, salted caramel, singed hazelnut and Brazil nut notes drape easily. A bitter orange streak adds cut and tension through the finish, leaving a bone-dry feel. Drink now. 14 cases made, 3 cases imported.
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.