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Coleccion Roberto Amillo Oloroso Sherry (500ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$89. 99
Bottle
$1079.88 Dozen

ABV: 21%

Closure: Cork

Light onion brown colour. Powerfully scented nose of walnut and hazelnut married to flor yeast, dried fruit, light honey and spice. Very dry and quite light upon entry, the palate is flavoured with an assortment nuts including walnut, hazelnut and almond over a flor yeast back drop with traces of dried fruits and spice on the elegant finish. Concludes bone dry with a long salted nut, flor yeast and spice aftertaste.
Alc. 21%

Made from 100% Palomino and aged for 30 years, this stunning example of Oloroso is intense and super complex with dried orange peel and nutty flavours through a seemingly never ending finish. 1,000 bottles were produced.
Other reviews... Roberto Amillo is a fan of Sherry and Brandy who, four years ago, had some old wines put into square bottles, that I had never tasted officially. The wines were sourced with the help of a 'capataz' from different wineries and in general are very old and of high quality. The NV Oloroso (like the Palo Cortado) was sourced from Williams & Humbert, selected from 24 barrels that had belonged to the old Pemartín & Cia winery. It's an old and elegant example of the style, with classical notes of nuts, blonde tobacco, spices and noble woods. The palate is round, lush, soft and elegant, with a spicy and spirity finish. It has the typicity of Oloroso, a common thing throughout the whole range, which was well chosen.
93 points - Luis Gutiérrez, Robert Parker - The Wine Advocate

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Cuesta Fino Sherry

Jerez, SPAIN

$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Following the success of Cuesta's stunning PX , we've expanded the range to include their Fino, Amontillado and Oloroso sherries.
Straw-coloured or golden, finos have a spicy, delicate aroma reminiscent of almonds, and are dry and light in the mouth. Their special properties are the result of the exclusive ageing process under the veil of flor. The very dry finish of Fino is due to the consumption of glycerol by the flor. They typically have an alcohol content of 15º -18o and are best served cold. Enjoy this as a perfect aperitif with roasted almonds or grilled fish.

No tasting notes available.

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Cuesta Amontillado Medium Dry Sherry

Jerez, SPAIN

$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

ABV: 17.5%

Following the success of Cuesta's stunning PX , we've expanded the range to include their Fino, Amontillado and Oloroso sherries.
The ageing process used in the creation of Amontillados includes an initial phase under the veil of flor - similar in procedure and duration to that undergone by finos - followed by a phase of oxidative ageing. The result is an amber-coloured wine with aromas of hazelnut, mildly tangy, soft and full in the mouth, with an alcohol content of between 16º and 22º.

The addition of a small amount of Pedro Ximenez to this sherry contributes a light, medium sweet character.
No tasting notes available.

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Cuesta Manzanilla Sherry

Jerez, SPAIN

$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

This is a pale-coloured, bone dry wine aged in the town of Sanlucar de Barrameda, where cellars are located by the seaside. It offers nutty, sea salt aromas and a light, fresh palate that's tangy and crisp with a hint of saltiness. Serve chilled as an aperitif, it makes a fine accompaniment to shell fish, sushi or smoked salmon. 15% Alc./Vol.

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Cuesta Dry Oloroso Sherry

Jerez, SPAIN

$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

ABV: 20%

Following the success of Cuesta's stunning PX , we've expanded the range to include their Fino, Amontillado and Oloroso sherries.
An initially dry wine, from amber to mahogany in colour, with a strong aroma reminiscent of walnuts, full-bodied, with an alcohol content of between 17º and 22º. Ageing begins under the veil of flor, then continues with a phase of oxidative ageing. Olorosos are ideal as aperitifs, as well as with game and red meats.
No tasting notes available.

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Emilio Lustau Papirusa Light Manzanilla Sherry

Jerez,

$31. 99
Bottle
$383.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now - 1 Years (2000-2001)

ABV: 15.5%

Closure: Cork

Pale straw colour. Very pronounced aroma of flor yeast, nut and cashew. Dry palate with salty taste, followed by a strong flor flavour with a nutty background. Excellent length and concentrated flavour, followed by very long persistant aftertaste. Drink now.

Other reviews... Textbook Manzanilla! Papirusa is a clean, mildly salinic offering with green banana and toast aromas. The palate is just salty enough, but the wine’s more about almond, apple and lemon peel than saline. And the feel and finish are nutty and warm. A full-bodied but refreshing style as only Lustau can do.
Rating: 90 points - www.wineenthusiast.com

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Emilio Lustau Los Arcos Dry Amontillado Sherry

Jerez, SPAIN

$31. 99
Bottle
$383.88 Dozen

ABV: 18.5%

Closure: Cork

Cool temperatures and relatively high humidity ensure the development of flor yeast cells which protect the underlying Palomino base wine. As the flor dies, the wine slowly develops into Amontillado.
Golden tawny, caramel colour with olive green edge. Wonderful nose with aroma of walnut & hazelnut over a background of flor yeast. The palate is drier than the more commercial Amontillado styles with a distinct nut and salt flavour with walnut and almonds being most defined. Excellent depth and concentration of flavours with the saltiness continuing, followed by a strong flor yeast and hazelnut aftertaste.
Alc./Vol.18.5%

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Equipo Navazos I Think Manzanilla (375ml)

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$37. 99
Bottle
$455.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now (2018)

ABV: 15%

Closure: Stelvin

Bright straw colour with rose gold edges. Intensely scented aromas of hazelnuts and flor yeast rise out of the glass followed by almonds and faint dried fruit notes. Light and very dry the palate has flavours of fresh nuts, flor yeast characters and oyster shell with a subtle salty tang to the fresh finish. Excellent length with a fresh nut, bread, flor yeast and light oyster shell aftertaste.
Drink now.
Alc. 15%

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 95 Amontillado Navazos

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$165. 00
Bottle
$1980.00 Dozen

ABV: 18.5%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)
The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.
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The following bottling of the Amontillado 58 from 2016 is the NV La Bota de Amontillado 95 Sanlúcar, a saca from November 2019 that is already sold out. It's not a very old wine, around 30 years of age. It has a sharp profile and keeps the freshness because the barrels are kept quite full. It has bitter and iodine flavors, with pungency and length. Drink 2022 - 2029.
94 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Sep 09, 2022)

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 113 Manzanilla Navazos

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$105. 00
Bottle
$1260.00 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)
The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.
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The next bottling after the number 93 is the NV La Bota de Manzanilla 113, which has strong green olive and brine aromas, but it's going for a fresher style and profile, austere and dry and still aged seven years or so under flor. The palate is super dry and long. This is the follow-up to edition 93 that started this new path of more freshness and drinkability but respecting the authenticity of the wines. This is a bit tight, possibly because of the recent bottling. 5,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2022. Drink 2022 - 2029.
95 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Sep 09, 2022)

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 110 Manzanilla Pasada Capataz Cabo

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$160. 00
Bottle
$1920.00 Dozen

ABV: 16.5%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)
The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.
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The new bottling of the extraordinary saga of old Manzanilla Pasada 10, 30, 59 and 90 is the NV La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 110 Capataz Cabo, from a solera filled with wine from Sanlúcar, mostly from the Pago Miraflores, that averages 10 years under flor and a further five years topped up with wine taken from all or most of the barrels in the solera. This bottling has resulted in a very balanced wine with intensity, freshness, complexity and drinkability, very difficult attributes to combine. This is the most complex and nuanced of Manzanilla Pasada before turning into Amontillado. It has gobsmacking precision and purity, defined and clean, laser cut like a diamond. This could be the most elegant and precise of all the bottlings of this wine. Cuts like a knife? No, cuts like a scalpel! 3,200 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2022. Drink 2022 - 2032.
98 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Sep 09, 2022)

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Equipo Navazos PX Gran Solera 25YO Pedro Ximenez Sherry (375ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$54. 99
Bottle
$659.88 Dozen

ABV: 16.5%

Closure: Cork

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I tasted the 2018 release of the PX produced for Australia, the NV PX Navazos Gran Solera, a wine that is 25 years old, sweet and intense, aged in sherry casks in an oxidative way. It has some notes of carob beans, roasted coffee and dark chocolate. The palate is thick and dense, with sweetness but without being heavy or cloying. Wines like this are to be consumed in very small doses, and a bottle can go a long way, as the wine is very stable and does not suffer—it even improves—when the bottle is opened. Drink 2019 - 2022.
92 Points
Luis Gutiérrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 109 Amontillado Bota Punta (375ml)

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$270. 00
Bottle
$3240.00 Dozen

ABV: 22%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)
The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.
Jesus Barquín introduces La Bota 109 as “another great wine of very old age and a lot of character within the La Bota series”. This old Amontillado was bottled from the ‘treasure’ casks looked after at the Albarizas de Trebujena cooperative, northwest of Sanlúcar. Barquín and Ojeda draw comparison with the legendary La Bota de NPI No.5 Amontillado Viejísimo, released very early in the Navazos story. Firstly, it’s fresh in character despite the tremendous age and concentration: “We believe that those who remember La Bota de NPI No.5 will find here clear echoes of that wine, perhaps in this case with an even greater sense of age and concentration”.
Secondly, the uncertainty about its origin: the cooperative was founded in 1977, but the wine and casks that include this Amontillado are much older and it is not entirely clear how they got there. Nor do the veterans at Albarizas de Trebujena agree on whether the wine was considered an old Amontillado or an old Oloroso when it arrived decades ago. In Barquín’s learned opinion, it shows a clear profile of Amontillado from Trebujena, with a style shared—not by chance—with Sanlúcar.
Other Reviews....
The NV La Bota de Amontillado Bota Punta 109 is a very old wine they selected from the cooperative of Trebujena that had never been bottled before. The cooperative was created in 1970, but one of the members had these butts from before; their history was really unknown, but the wine has a profile of coastal Amontillado (from Sanlúcar or Trebujena) with less glycerin, sharp and saline, not as sharp or as bitter as the iconic NPI but with crazy numbers—alcohol, acidity, dry extract and everything. It's very intense but very balanced. An amazing wine that should live forever. It was bottled into 1,200 half bottles (one bota) in October 2021. Drink 2022 - 2050.
98 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 70 Manzanilla Pasada Magnum (1500ml)

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$230. 00
Bottle
$2760.00 Dozen

ABV: 16%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)
The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.
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I also previewed the first ever Manzanilla Pasada from Navazos to be released exclusively in magnum (there have been a bunch of magnums from the Navazos-Niepoort wines, though), the NV La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 70 Mágnum. This is a little younger than the other bottlings of Manzanilla Pasada, and also a little lighter. Eduardo Ojeda started putting some wines away in the Calle Misericordia winery, some 41 casks that were turned into criaderas of the manzanilla pasada; and from those casks, he selected 2,000 liters that put into two 1,000-liter barrels that are thought to be over 100 years of age. The wine can be around ten-years-old. They also sourced a younger wine to make the magnums more affordable. It has the more oxidative character than the older wines, as if the begging of the oxidative phase is somehow disturbing after the long biological aging. The wine shows much better in the palate where you find a solid wine. This is a younger brother (or sister) of the older manzanillas pasadas, which should develop nicely once it is bottled - and especially in magnum. They expect to fill 1,300 magnums from two 1,000-liter barrels. This is the price for a magnum. Drink 2016 - 2024.
93-96 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Apr 2016)

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 100 Manzanilla Pasada Botas NO (500ml)

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 16.5%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)
The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.
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The next of the single-cask Manzanilla Pasada (80, 60, 50, 40 and 20) is the NV La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 100 Botas NO, selected from three butts (botas, in plural) to have more volume of the wine number 100. It's a bottling that always had more demand than supply. So, they made more bottles—2,700 half-liter ones and some larger formats. It was bottled in October 2020. Like in previous bottlings, it's bottled at 16.5% alcohol at an estimated average age of 15 years, the first 10 years under flor and the subsequent five with the barrels fully topped up, following an oxidative aging. This has more concentration and extract than the 110 I tasted next to it, but I favored the elegance and finesse of that other one. Still, it's a stratospheric wine, an explosion of concentration, flavors and minerality, a little more oxidative. 2022 - 2030.
97 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)
Bottled October 2020. Fruit from Miraflora La Baja vineyard. This 100th bottling, which coincides with the 15th anniversary of the beginning of Equipo Navazos, is the result of combining the Bota Punta cask with two other outstanding casks from the 1/15 solera at bodega Misericordia, from which all the editions of Bota Punta and Bota NO Manzanilla Pasada have come since the first one (no 20). This has allowed them to make more bottles of this wine, for which they expect higher demand. Their website notes: 'This Manzanilla Pasada is actually close to being a Manzanilla Amontillada, a traditional denomination that is banned from labels. Part of the character of this wine comes from the fact that the casks are filled up to a tocadedos level – well above the 5/6 mark that is common in the sherry district, so the layer of flor inside these butts (much weakened by the age and lack of nutrients of the wine) is significantly smaller and thinner and can be kept alive solely on the basis of rare periodic refreshments – acting as barely sufficient barrier between the wine and the intensely oxidising effect of air. On the other hand, its very weakness implies that this protective effect is only a mild one, which is evidenced in the oxidative notes of this manzanilla as well as the rising level of alcohol, climbing above 16%. The average age of this wine is around 14 years.' TA 5.39 g/l, pH 3.14.
Pale gold. Stunning aroma that has the complexity of a Manzanilla on its way to becoming an Amontillado. It has all the salty, mineral iodine side of the Manzanilla and the nutty, bitter (completely non-sweet) toffee of Amontillado. Perhaps even heather honey without the sweetness. The taste makes me think of the colour burnt umber. With air it is more intensely mineral. On the palate, this is glorious, with light notes of bitter orange/apricot, a depth of flavour that is quite remarkable given its accompanying delicacy and subtlety. The balance is perfect: so fresh, so intense, it invades your mouth and goes on for ever. The Equipo Navazos team, Jesús Barquín and Eduardo Ojeda, note the versatility of this wine at the table: 'it matches a wide variety of dishes, from the most easygoing (rich fish dishes, fish-based rice recipes, charcuterie) to the most difficult (scrambled eggs with porcini, runny sheep cheeses)'. I could just sip it very, very slowly all evening. Drink 2020 - 2030.
20/20 points
Julia Harding MW - jancisrobinson.com

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 93 Manzanilla

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$99. 99
Bottle
$1199.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)

The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.

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One of the better-known wines from Navazos has been the Manzanilla, which has been bottled unfiltered a number of times, and it now reaches us as the NV La Bota de Manzanilla 93, which is now sourced from La Guita (in the old days, it was from Sánchez Ayala; the source changed with edition 71) and averages seven years of age under flor. This is going to be the next release after edition 71, which was bottled almost three years ago. They want to make less frequent bottlings and let the wines develop in bottle. This certainly has the Guita character, mineral and austere with the explosive youth that often bring aromas of lemon peel and delicious bitter notes in the finish. This is really young and tender and should develop nicely in bottle. This seems to be a little lighter and more approachable. As they already have a lot of old and concentrated wines, it's good to have a less demanding and more approachable Manzanilla. 5,000 bottles. Drink 2019 - 2024.
95 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (June 2019)

Bottled July 2019. 5,000 bottles. This is the ninth release of La Bota de Manzanilla, this one sourced from the same soleras as 71. It comes from a selection among several dozens of toneles and botas, casks that have been carefully put to one side and looked after by Eduardo Ojeda and his team since they arrived in Sanlúcar in January 2007. The estimated average age of this Manzanilla is seven years.
Pale gold. Strong hay-like, dusty, sour-saline freshness, brine and oyster shells. Fabulous intensity and freshness but still has some weight on the mid palate, with salted bready flavours and electric tension. Very long. Utterly mouth-watering: a perfect appetite whetter. The flavour just goes on and on. Utterly pure. Breathtaking intensity with no aggressive power. Drink 2019 - 2024.
17.5/20 points
Julia Harding MW - jancisrobinson.com

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 91 Fino Macharnudo Alto Jerez

Jerez, SPAIN

$110. 00
Bottle
$1320.00 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)

The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.

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The NV La Bota de Fino 91 Macharnudo Alto is a wine that has been bottled multiple times under the numbers 2, 7, 15, 18, 27, 35, 54 and 68 from the Fino Inocente solera of Valdespino. The bottled wine averages an age of ten years, a full-bodied Fino (if that's possible after ten years of flor!), fermented in old sherry casks like it was done yesteryear. They had not bottled this wine for almost three years. The nose is spectacular and easy to identify; it has the same character as the Inocente wines. The nose was singing and expressive, with typical aromas but also somehow floral and perfumed. It has volume with lots of autolysis from the lees, with great power but also finesse and balance. Stunning. 5,000 bottles produced. Drink 2019 - 2024.
95 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (June 2019)

Casks with a fresher profile chosen because 68 was more mature and they wanted to go back to a slightly fresher style, less uncompromisng. Bottled February 2019. A combination of solera and 1st and 2nd criadera. 10 years average age. From Innocente solera as usual.
Surprisingly deeply coloured, pale gold. Super-intense aroma that is salty, bready and full of dried grasses and chamomile but also has some wild tangy yellow fruit that gives intensity and depth on the palate, creamy richness from the autolysis. So incredibly saline. Revved-up Fino but still elegant. Intensely mouth-watering and cries out for food. Long and precise. Drink 2019 - 2025.
18/20 points
Julia Harding MW - jancisrobinson.com

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 94 Oloroso Viejisimo “Mas alla del NO” (375ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$299. 00
Bottle
$3588.00 Dozen

ABV: 22%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)
The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.
This is an extremely old and powerful sherry that belongs to the same category as the noblest relics of the Sherry world, including Navazos No. 5 “NPI”, No. 14 Oloroso, No. 47 Palo Cortado and No. 49 Amontillado, among others. Just 750 half bottles were filled from a single butt of very old Oloroso raised by Eduardo Ojeda in Jerez. It is a double NO, or ‘cask beyond’, meaning that it contains an even older wine than the respective Bota NO. Not only is the age of this release clearly extreme—something close to 80 or 90 years—this is the first time the solera has been commercially bottled in over 20 years!
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The unique NV La Bota de Oloroso Más allá del NO 94 comes from a single butt of extremely old Oloroso from Valdespino. It's a wine that goes beyond the Bota NO concept, because it's an even older wine that has the signs of very old wine, with extreme concentration, evaporation and high alcohol and acidity. Often such wines are too much, and the rarity is to find a wine where you can mention elegance, as they can be aggressive (and sometimes even painful). This has notes of iodine, coconut, varnish and liqueur, finishing dry and long. Not long, eternal... They bottled 75 half bottles produced. Drink 2022 - 2050.
99 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (Sep 2022)

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 90 Manzanilla Pasada Capataz Cabo

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$155. 00
Bottle
$1860.00 Dozen

ABV: 16.5%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)

The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.

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Editions 87, 88 and 89 are spirits, so we jump to the extraordinary NV La Bota de Manzanilla Pasada 90 Capataz Cabo, a wine that comes from a solera filled with wine from Sanlúcar, mostly from the Pago Miraflores, that averages ten years under flor and a further five years topped up. This is a blend of different casks, as it was done in editions 10, 30 and 59. These wines are bottled in 750-milliliter bottles, which is different from the single-cask ones, which are put in half-liter bottles. This is nuttier than the regular Manzanilla and even nuttier than the majority of Manzanilla Pasada, keeping the saline and marine character, hints of iodine and low tide, but also something floral and more ethereal. The palate is super expressive and explosive, pungent and nuanced, with very pure and long-lasting flavors. Really impressive. It should be bottled by the time this report comes out. This is truly impressive and should make a monumental wine. 2,500 bottles to be produced.
96-97 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (June 2019)

Golden colour. Wonderfully intense and honeyed nose but not sweet, the wild grasses of the Fino, a salty intense richness on the nose, sour apricot, a Pandora’s box of aromas that you cannot disentangle sufficiently to describe. The intensity here is quite remarkable but it has not got to the stage where sherry can be almost too intense and too sour. This is smoky, so dry, precise and powerful, almost sweaty on the finish. Utterly saliva-provoking. Stunning length and complexity.
19/20 points
Julia Harding MW - jancisrobinson.com

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Equipo Navazos La Bota 92 Palo Cortado Pata de Gallina (500ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$199. 00
Bottle
$2388.00 Dozen

ABV: 20.5%

Closure: Cork

Equipo Navazos is perhaps the most significant thing to have happened in the world of Sherry for a very long time. It has some of the most influential people in the fine wine world raving about the quality of these wines, and they are talking about the quality first and the fact that they are Sherries second. These are wines to make Sherry sexy again. They are also as rare as hens’ teeth and are being sought after with the same urgency that wealthy Burgundy collectors seek out the wines of DRC or the greatest Montrachet. This makes sense: these wines are every bit as profound, deep, long and complex as any bottle of DRC (and that is no insult to DRC!)

The Navazos Sherries are drawn from several bodegas, and represent a variety of styles: Manzanilla, Fino, Palo Cortado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximénez, Cream and even a brandy. The wines are bottled in limited series, in successive numbered editions, dated and named “La Bota de….” (the cask of…). The date of each saca, or racking, has been precisely stated on the label so that it is possible to compare editions of the same solera. This also enables precise tracking of the evolution of the wines, as these wines are expected to evolve in the bottle (it’s Sherry, but not as we know it). These are once off bottlings and once the bottles for each La Bota… release are spoken for, there are no more.

Other Reviews....
The NV La Bota de Palo Cortado 92 "Pata de Gallina" comes from the same solera as edition 72 (and 34), with wine that averages 35 years of age. It was sourced from the Almacenista Juan García Jarana and matured in the Fernando de Castilla winery. This feels older and has the reductive aromas of matchstick and old church. It seems like the wine has aged a little faster, perhaps in a more oxidative way. It has character and a touch of earthy rusticity, with great concentration, perhaps not as elegant as some of the other wines I tasted next to it. 2,000 half-liter bottles produced.
94 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate (June 2019)

Mid orangey gold. More apricot and orange here compared with the older Bota NO 79 Cream, almost a touch of vanilla but still the intensity of reduced-down bitter oranges, walnut skins too. On the palate the fruit is more rounded and generous, less severe concentration but still amazing intensity. Packed with sweet/bitter orange and a mouth-filling richness but no lack of freshness. So different from the Bota NO. Seems more youthful, more lively, less demanding, perhaps.
18.5/20 points
Julia Harding MW - jancisrobinson.com

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Equipo Navazos Fino (375ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$27. 99
Bottle
$335.88 Dozen

Cellar: Drink now (2018)

ABV: 15%

Closure: Stelvin

Deep straw colour with a golden tinge to the edges and a watery hue. Nosing reveals a delicate aromatic profile of hazelnuts, flor yeast, almonds and light briny notes. Very dry and light across the palate, nutty flavours dominate over yeasty characters, a hint of iodine and brine. Finishes with good freshness and a lingering briny, nut, flor yeast infused aftertaste.
Drink now.
Alc. 15%

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Garvey Juncal Manzanilla Sherry

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$9. 99
Bottle
$119.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Closure: Cork

Brilliant very pale straw colour water like hue. Lifted nose with distinct flor yeast and dry fresh nutty end notes. The palate delivers the classic, very dry, salty Manzanilla flavour profile over a strong flor yeast back palate. Clean acid finish. Very long salty flor and nut aftertaste.
Drink Now (2008)
Alc/Vol: 15%

Retasted, November 2007:
Bright pale water like colour with water like hue. Lifted nose – flor yeast, dry nutty top note. Salty palate followed by lees and nut. Bone dry. An excellent example. Long aftertaste of flor yeast and nut. Clean finish.
Cellar 1-2 years (2008-2009)
Alc/Vol: 15%

This is a wonderfully light, fresh and bone dry aperitif wine that has just RE-arrived in Australia.

First Tasted 17th May, 2006:
Garvey have produced a seriously good Manzanilla. Pale water like colour with lively water like hue. The nose shows impressive intensity and power with typical dry flor yeast top notes. The palate is full flavoured with excellent length and depth. Salty flor yeast flavours are mouthfilling and enhanced with a refreshing cut of acidity. Very long flor yeast aftertaste.
Drink (2006)
Alc/Vol: 15%

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Gonzalez Byass El Rocio Manzanilla Sherry

Jerez,

$23. 99
Bottle
$287.88 Dozen

Closure: Cork

Auntie Jean has long been dismissed as a little old lady who liked her tipple of sherry before dinner - well let us tell you about the O.L.S.C. (Old Lady Sherry Conspiracy). These matrons of society have long known that sherry is one of the world's great drinks and that Manzanilla is one of the finest, driest drinking experiences one can imagine and the perfect aperitif. So whilst you're knocking down a stubby and getting bloated, Auntie Jean is getting mildly sloshed on Manzanilla (15.5% Alcohol Volume) and has left plenty of room for a couple of full glasses of the top red you're about to open for dinner.Bright pale straw colour. Superb nose - intensely aromatic, filled with strong aromas of yeast, biscuits and cashews. The palate is exceptionally concentrated with powerful flor flavours encased by cashews and biscuit. Great persistence, with just a hint of saltiness emerging. Perfect balance and long flor cashew biscuit aftertaste.

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Gonzalez Byass Elegante Amontillado Sherry

Jerez,

$16. 99
Bottle
$203.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Closure: Cork

Bright, deep gold colour with green gold hue. Lifted nose, with distinct rancio top note with hazelnut, walnut, spice and hint of caramel. There is a dusty hazelnut rancio palate flavour, followed by spice and warm spirit back palate. Excellent balance. Aftertaste of rancio, hazelnut and walnut.
Drink (2005)
Alc/Vol: 19%
RATING: 93/100
VALUE: XXXXX/5

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- 88
Hanwood Estate Medium Dry Apera

Multi District Blend, AUSTRALIA

$17. 99
Bottle
$215.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Closure: Cork

Bright onion gold colour with pale gold hue. The nose displays strong rancio character, followed by a nutty end note and delicate spirit lift. The palate is medium-dry, with the rancio characteristics dominant, followed by a touch of orange rind over a nutty back palate. Clean spirit finish, with long rancio aftertaste.
Drink (2004)
Alc/Vol 18.5%RATING 88/100VALUE XXX/5

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Hanwood Estate Medium Sweet Apera

Multi District Blend, AUSTRALIA

$17. 99
Bottle
$215.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Closure: Cork

Deep onion brown colour with onion brown gold hue. Aroma of rancio, nut and orange rind. The palate has good weight and mouth feel, with flavours of toffee and rancio emerging. Clean spirit finish, with long aftertaste of rancio and toffee.
Drink (2004)
Alc./Vol.18.5%RATING: 88/100VALUE: XXX/5

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Hidalgo La Gitana Pasada Pastrana Manzanilla

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Closure: Cork

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The golden-colored NV Manzanilla Pasada Pastrana is a Manzanilla produced from Palomino grapes from the Pastrana vineyard within the pago Miraflores, aged under flor, but finishing its upbringing in a semi-oxidative way as the flor weakens, starts to die off, and bottled with a total average of 12 year of age. It has a distinct nose redolent of peanuts, smoke, bitter almonds, quince and olives, combining biological and oxidative notes. The palate shows a medium- to full-bodied wine, very powerful and strongly-flavored, ending with a smoky finish. A fine nose and a powerful palate. A unique wine. 24,000 bottles are produced yearly.
92 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Wine Advocate #208 (Aug 2013)

Rich and racy, this combines floral chamomile and honeysuckle notes with bracing fleur de sel and lemon pith flavors, all backed by hints of singed almond and wet straw. Shows lovely range and drive. Drink now.
91 points
James Molesworth - Wine Spectator

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Luque Fino Sherry

Sanlucar de Barrameda,

$10. 99
Bottle
$131.88 Dozen

Closure: Cork

Deep straw colour. Brilliant flor and nut nose, with yeast notes emerging. Dry flor palate with nutty cashew character. Flor and yeast aftertaste. Clean dry finish.

RATING: 87/100

VALUE: XXXX/5

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- 90
Lustau En Rama Fino Jerez de la Frontera (500ml)

Jerez, AUSTRALIA

$44. 99
Bottle
$539.88 Dozen

ABV: 15.5%

Closure: Cork

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The spring 2017 bottling of the NV 3 en Rama Fino de Jerez aged for an average of five years under flor and was bottled unfiltered in April 2017. It's a textbook example of the biological wines aged in Jerez, with aromas of esparto grass, chalk, olives and brine. Super dry with pungent flavors reminiscent of the aromas found on the nose and powerful and round on the palate, it has a bitter finish with a chalky sensation and some salty notes. What I like about this collection is that the three wines show the personality and characteristics of their origin.
90 Points
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate (December 2017)

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Lustau En Rama Fino El Puerto de Santa María (500ml)

San Lucar de Barrameda, Jerez, SPAIN

$44. 99
Bottle
$539.88 Dozen

ABV: 15.5%

Closure: Cork

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With a clear character of El Puerto de Santa María reminiscent of low tide, the Spring 2017 bottling (marked on the front label) of the NV 3 en Rama Fino del Puerto also has notes of almonds, yeasts and a saline, iodine touch. The palate is balanced and dry, sharp after five years under flor.
91 Points
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate (December 2017)

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- 88
Lustau En Rama Manzanilla Sanlúcar de Barrameda (500ml)

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$44. 99
Bottle
$539.88 Dozen

ABV: 15.5%

Closure: Cork

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The NV 3 en Rama Manzanilla de Sanlúcar is a little cloudy with a bright golden color. It has a nose of green apples and almonds that denotes certain youth and a medium Manzanilla without sweetness in the palate. It is overall dry and sharp, with a slight bitter flavor.
88 Points
Luis Gutiérrez - The Wine Advocate (December 2014)

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North Star Pedro Ximenez Montilla Fortified Wine (700ml)

SPAIN

$84. 99
Bottle
$1019.88 Dozen

ABV: 20%

One of 150 bottles of a highly unusual fortified wine released by indie whisky bottlers, North Star. It's essentially a Pedro Ximenez Sherry, only finished in Scotland with the final maturation taking place in x-Islay Single Malt Whisky casks.
Tasting note: Pours a viscous sienna brown with gold ochre edges. Issues aromas of dates, sultanas, raisin toast and chico lollies followed by unusual suggestions of oyster sauce. Medium bodied with good viscosity and classic PX flavours edging towards chocolate brownie, walnut slice and raisins. More liqueur muscat-like to finish showing moderate length. Pair it with a cheeseboard. 20% Alc./Vol.

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Osborne El Amigo Amontillado (Medium Dry)

Jerez,

$18. 99
Bottle
$227.88 Dozen

Closure: Cork

Brilliant, onion brown colour with green edges. Aroma of caramel, hints of toffee and flor yeast followed by a rancio end note. The palate flavours are subtle, with caramel and nut flavours emerging. Creamy texture, followed by an aftertaste of caramel. Drink.

RATING: 86/100

VALUE: XXX/5

Retasted: June 2002
Golden tawny caramel colour with green edge. The nose is restrained relative to Sherries from Lustau, but yields aroma of flor yeast, followed by hazelnut and walnut end notes. On the palate, there is a hint of residual sweetness. Moderate length and concentration, followed by a flor nut aftertaste. A more commercial style.
Drink (2002)
Alc/Vol: 15.0%

RATING: 89/100

VALUE: XXX/5

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Perez Marin La Guita Manzanilla Sherry (375ml)

Sanlucar de Barrameda,

$8. 99
Bottle
$107.88 Dozen

Closure: Cork

An excellent Manzanilla. Brilliant pale straw colour. Fresh aromatic nose of flor and nut. On the palate, the flavours of flor and nut are enhanced by a subtle salty taste. Clean very dry finish. Enjoy.

RATING: 91/100

VALUE: XXXX/5

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- 89
Real Tesoro Manzanilla Sherry

Jerez,

$12. 99
Bottle
$155.88 Dozen

Minimum 12 bottles

Closure: Cork

Bright straw colour with watery edges. Lifted nose of cashew and flor yeast. Clean dry palate with flavours of cashews and flor yeast character. Subtle salt flavours emerging. Mouthfilling dry with long flor salty cashew aftertaste. Drink.

RATING: 89/100

VALUE: XXXX/5

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- 94
Roberto Amillo La Saca Centennial Solera Palo Cortado Sherry (500ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$350. 00
Bottle
$4200.00 Dozen

ABV: 22%

Other reviews... There is a new selection from sherry collector Roberto Amillo, who has now joined forces with the Altanza winery from La Rioja to purchase and bottle the NV La Saca Palo Cortado, which comes from a centenary solera purchased from a family. The wine has notes of rusty iron and saltpeter that took me to a phase of biological aging in the wine, and it also has plenty of oak, even with some creaminess and spiciness from the oak (noticeable especially in the nose). It had notes of nutmeg and felt spicier as it sat in the glass. I tasted it next to some 30- to 40-year-old wines, and it seemed of approximately the same age. The palate is medium-bodied, with some sharpness and elegance. I'd call it an Amontillado rather than Palo Cortado. It does have elegance and intensity, but it's narrow rather than round, and it seems to have been concentrated due to being untouched for a number of years. 360 half-liter bottles produced per year.
94 points - Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate Issue 243 End of June 2019
98 points - Guía Peñin - 1# SPANISH PALO CORTADO

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Coleccion Roberto Amillo Palo Cortado Sherry (500ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$89. 99
Bottle
$1079.88 Dozen

ABV: 19%

Other reviews... The Palo Cortado from the boutique Colección Roberto Amillo was the highest scoring Palo Cortado in the Guía Peñín 2013, with 96 points. No wonder this is the wine Robert is most proud of. As with the other releases, it was sourced from a renowned bodega, in this case an old solera from Williams & Humbert in Jerez. A wonderful Palo Cortado, a classic example of the genre. Saline and acidic, with just enough dried fruits and oak to balance it out. Recommended - possibly the best wine in the Colección. 5 stars - sherrynotes.com
...The very aromatic NV Palo Cortado was sourced from Williams & Humbert in Jerez, from a special bota selected by Paco Salas, the capataz of the bodega for 33 years. It has aromas of candied fruit, flowers and even cherries in liqueur under the spirity and nutty aromas natural in this kind of wine. It has a certain creaminess and is very elegant, clean and balanced. This is power and elegance. These wines are presented in unusual 500-milliliter square glass bottles. As with all the wines in the collection, 1,000 half-liter bottles were filled in 2011.
94 points - Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate Issue 243 End of June 2019

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Coleccion Roberto Amillo Pedro Ximenez Sherry (500ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

$89. 99
Bottle
$1079.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Closure: Cork

A passionate sherry enthusiast, Roberto Amillo, started the Espíritus de Jerez company in 2011 sourcing exceptionally old soleras from various Bodegas and bottling them under the Colección Robert Amillo label. This Pedro Ximenez is sourced from Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla and is reputed to an average age in excess of 25 years.

Clinging to the walls of the glass with a paint like viscosity this superb PX displays a very deep sienna brown colour with an olive green hue. Bedazzling the olfactory senses is a stunning nose of Christmas cake, honeyed walnut and burnt toffee with rancio, figs, dried fruits and spice notes ensuing. Thick and luscious the palate is layered with decadent honeyed Christmas cake and toffee flavours. Wonderfully sweet with a mellow spirit back drop, complexing walnut, hazelnut, fig and spice elements sneak up on the finish. Magnificent richness, concentration and power with an exceptionally long honeyed fig, raisin, walnut, toffee and spice aftertaste.
Alc. 15%

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Seppelt Fino D.P. 117 Sherry

Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

ABV: 15.5%

Closure: Cork

The colour is a touch deeper than ideal, suggesting some bottle age. Fino Sherry should be very pale, however, this wine displays a pale gold colour. The nose is outstanding with lifted flor and cashew nut character. Mouthfilling palate, with flavours of salty cashews emerging over a strong flor yeast background.
Drink (2003)
Alc/Vol: 15.5%

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Seppeltsfield DP38 Rich Rare Apera Sherry (500ml)

Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

ABV: 21.5%

Closure: Screw Cap

This Oloroso has been blended together from Solera with an average age of 18 years. Onion brown in colour with green olive hue. Top note of nuts followed by a hint of rancio, leather, hazelnut and honey. On the palate flavours of hay, toffee and caramel are followed by an orange rind back palate. Excellent length and persistence. Aftertaste of honey, hazelnut and rancio.
Alc/Vol: 21.5%

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Seppeltsfield DP117 Pale Dry Flor Sherry (500ml)

Seppeltsfield, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

ABV: 16.5%

Closure: Screw Cap

Made from Palomino grapes. Bright pale gold colour with straw hue, a hint too deep in colour for a fresh Fino. Top note of flor yeast, followed by distinct hazelnut notes. Salty palate, with flavours of hazelnut and flor yeast lees over a salt background. Salty back palate, aftertaste of salt and yeast lees.

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Seppeltsfield DP116 Aged Flor Sherry (500ml)

Barossa Valley, South Australia, AUSTRALIA

$34. 99
Bottle
$419.88 Dozen

ABV: 21.5%

Closure: Screw Cap

Onion brown colour with onion brown hue. Top note of almond, hazelnut and walnut over end notes of spice and rancio. The rancio characteristic is meshed with yeast lees, toffee and hazelnut on the palate. Fine balanced sprit. Long aftertaste of toffee, caramel and just a hint of orange rind.
Drink (2008)
Alc/Vol: 21.5%

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Tio Pepe Fino Sherry (1000ml)

Jerez, SPAIN

Reduced from $32.99
$19. 99
Bottle
$239.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

Closure: Cork

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The world’s best-selling Fino, uncompromisingly dry, always served cold, fantastic with food – especially savoury nibbles such as Jamon Iberico, chorizo, olives, nuts, Manchego cheese and bread and oil.
The story behind Tio Pepe, one of the world's great fino sherries is a colourful one.Translated, “Tio Pepe” means “Uncle Joe.” Joe was a wine trader who raised his young nephew, Manuel Gonzalez Angel after Manuel’s father died leaving a wife and seven children. Manuel himself later became a prominent exporter of sherry and his cellars were frequented by his benefactor who was particularly partial to one barrel of fino. Delighting in this, Manuel had the words “Tio Pepe” branded on the butt ensuring that it would always be available for when his uncle visited. However, news spread quickly and soon everyone wanted to dip into Uncle Joe’s reserve. There was only one solution - the rest is history. Today annual production has soared to a staggering nine million bottles!

Tasting note: Made from 100% Palomino grapes and aged for an average of seven years using the traditional Solera system. Deep pale golden colour. Pungent bouquet with yeast dominating. The perfectly balanced palate is full and round displaying mixed nuts and attractive flor yeast character. Very dry, crisp clean finish that lingers long in the mouth. Remains a classic in its genre as an ideal aperitif. Serve chilled with shellfish.

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2002 Toro Albala Don PX Pedro Ximenez Sherry (375ml)

Montilla Moriles, SPAIN

$79. 99
Bottle
$959.88 Dozen

ABV: 17%

Closure: Glass Stopper

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I guess in an attempt to rationalize the range, some labels have been merged and simplified, and the Gran Reserva or Don PX Añada range are now simply Don PX with a vintage. I tasted the 2002 Don PX, which has 17% alcohol and 399 grams of sugar and seems denser and more concentrated than the 1999 I tasted next to it. They are all different degrees or declinations of similar aromas and flavors, such as dates, raisins, coffee and espresso coffee. This comes through as balanced and tasty, not too sweet. Drink 2022 - 2028.
93+ Points
Luis Gutiérrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

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Valdespino Inocente Fino Sherry

Jerez,

$20. 99
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$251.88 Dozen

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Valdespino Inocente Fino is the only sherry to be produced using grapes from one vineyard. The Solera system employed by Valdespino is similarly unique, being a 10 scale system rather than the customary four. One of the meanings of this Spanish word [solera] is a plinth and this might (for no one quite knows how the word came to stand for this complicated Jerez system of equalising wines) give some clue to the provenance of the word, for it has been argued that when the bodegas were formerly used as drinking rendezvous for the friends of the proprietor, guests used to ask for their next glass " off the floor," i.e. from the lower butts on the scantling which were the best.The above serves as an introduction to the solera system. In the bodega a group of butts will usually be arranged in tiers of four or (less commonly now) five and this group is operated as a single unit to produce one only matured wine. The young wine enters the solera by way of the topmost row of casks, which in turn has given a proportion of its wine to the second row, and so on until the row on the ground floor is again replenished. This explains why sherry with a vintage added to the label must be a misnomer. But a sherry labelled Solera (say) 1986 purports to show that it comes from a group of butts laid down that year, for theoretically there always remains an infinitesimal fraction of the original wine.

TASTING NOTES:Made from 100% Palomino grapes and fortified with Jerez Brandy. Aged a minimum of five years. Bright straw colour. Fine, delicate yeasty nose. The palate is crisp and elegant, displaying nutty flor yeast character and a hint of saltiness. Finishes long and dry. A little lighter than other finos we’ve tasted – nevertheless an excellent aperitif. Served chilled.16.5% alc./vol.

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- 91
Williams & Humbert Walnut Brown Rare Sherry

Jerez,

$16. 99
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$203.88 Dozen

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Walnut Brown is a rich sherry produced from Palomino, Pedro Ximenez and Moscatel. Deep sienna brown colour, with edges of onion brown and green olive. The nose is impressive, with aroma of raisins, toffee, treacle and an end note reminiscent of cold tea. Mouthfilling palate, with flavours of raisins, toffee and honey. Creamy texture followed by long aftertaste of raisins, toffee and treacle. Enjoy.

RATING: 91/100

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Williams & Humbert Alegria Manzanilla Sherry

Sanlucar de Barrameda, SPAIN

$16. 99
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$203.88 Dozen

ABV: 15%

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Manzanilla Sherry is a fantastic summer drink. The higher the temperature climbs, the more refreshing these wines become. Served well chilled, Manzanilla is also a perfect match with fresh seafood, sushi and sashimi.
Almost certainly this supremely dry, pale wine, which is made around and matured in the sea town of San Lucar de Barrameda, gets its name from a wine-producing village situated between Huelva and Seville, many miles further north. It is averred that the pleasant bitter/dry tang these sherries possess is due to the salt sea air which blows into the Sanlucar bodegas from the Atlantic, and that they lose this characteristic when matured inland. (The conjecture that the word “Manzanilla” has anything to do with small apples or crab apples is incorrect. “Manzanita” is the diminutive of apple, not man zanilla -though this word is Spanish for camomile, which again has nothing to do with the derivation.)
15% Alc./Vol.
No tasting notes available.

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- 95
Williams Humbert Dry Sack Medium Dry Sherry

Jerez,

$16. 99
Bottle
$203.88 Dozen

Closure: Cork

Dry Sack Sherry comes curiously packaged in its own brown hessian sack (not shown here). The sack packaging was added to the brand by Carl Williams in 1906, the second-generation director of Williams & Humbert, the producers of Dry Sack. Mr. Williams’ inspiration for this gimmick is somewhat of a mystery. In wine terms, the word “sack” has no real relevance to any particular style but probably comes from a sweet full drink that was known as “Sherris Sack”. Suffice to say, the bag has no purpose other than to catch the eye.

The Williams Humbert Dry Sack is made from a blend of Amontillado, Oloroso and Pedro Ximinez sherries. Bright, tawny onion brown colour with green hue. Excellent nose, with aroma of walnut, salted almonds and flor yeast. The palate is a surprise with its distinct rancio character over layers of almond, walnut and yeast lees. Excellent length, with just a hint of salt re-emerging on the back palate, followed by a very long yeast lees, rancio aftertaste.
Drink (2002)
Alc/Vol: 19.5%

RATING: 95/100

VALUE: XXXX/5

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