Equipo Navazos La Bota 117 Amontillado Navazos

A natural successor to the series of Amontillados that have formed the backbone of the Equipo Navazos project since it began in 2005. From the mythical No. 1 that started the journey, through Nos. 9, 37, 58 and 95, each Navazos Amontillado has represented the ideal balance of complexity and freshness that makes this wine style the king of Sherries.

This time the search moved from Sanlúcar de Barrameda to Montilla, drawn by the opportunity of a spectacularly fine and lively Amontillado: delicious, fluid, yet full of character. It's a wine from Altos de Moriles with an average age of more than 20 years, aged for a long period as a fino before entering its first oxidative stage at a prestigious winery in Lucena, followed by a final stage at Pérez Barquero. Never fortified, with alcohol kept below 18%, only contributing to its freshness and digestibility.

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The NV La Bota de Amontillado Montilla 117 is a new Amontillado from Montilla-Moriles that was never bottled before. Selected from the cellars of Pérez-Barquero, the wine is between 25 to 30 years of average age, not fortified but bottled at 20% alcohol from pure concentration from evaporation, as the Fino that is the base for this wine was never fortified, which is the tradition in Montilla. It's a medium-age Amontillado with textbook characteristics and the evolution of the Fino Amontillado but with some 10 to 12 years more. It's nutty, pungent, intense and sapid, with a saline, iodine twist. This is a bottling from the summer 2022. 3,000 bottles produced. Drink 2022-2032.
96 points
Luis Gutiérrez - Robert Parker's Wine Advocate