Winemaker Notes
Golden yellow color. Very intense and concentrated aromas. Nuts, iodine, algae and white flowers. Very dry and saline, it covers the entire mouth and with a very long aftertaste.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The February 2022 bottling of the NV Manzanilla Pasada Blanquito averages 12 years, but it's kept at 15.5% alcohol. It has a super expressive, textbook nose and palate, concentrating the salt in the palate with purity and character; it's elegant and deep and has power and concentration. You don't feel any oxidation. Best After 2029
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.