Winemaker Notes
Golden and warm, sunny, with notes of yellow apple, crystallized lemon and hints of marzipan. Green Olive. The ripe Palomino has depth and the token Albariza pungency enhances the region's umami fame. Racy acidity, mushrooms and pears at the beach. The perfect seaside wine.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2021 Blanco de Hornillos was produced with Palomino from different vineyards, Callejuela, Añina and Macharnudo, and it fermented in stainless steel with 12% alcohol and very good freshness and acidity, clean, fresh and floral and especially salty in a way that makes you salivate. It was bottled unoaked, very clean and precise. Best After 2026
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.