Spain Region Report

Amontillado CENTENARIO SINGLE CASK

The Toro Albala Centenario wines are a special release to celebrate 100 years of Toro Albala. Only 250 bottles have been released. They have been chosen to convey the character and spirit of the winery. They are the result of Antonio Sánchez and each of the workers’ efforts and care for years.

The Pedro Amontillado was a wine selected by Antonio Sánchez decades ago, with a very special purpose, to share them during Holy Week with his friends and family. They were only opened on those dates, the rest of the year they wouldn’t allow anyone to touch them. Today, Antonio has decided it’s time to share them with the rest of the world. …
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Price: $860.01 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

Palo Cortado CENTENARIO SINGLE CASK
75cl Bottle

The Toro Albala Centenario wines are a special release to celebrate 100 years of Toro Albala. Only 250 bottles have bene released. They have been chosen to convey the character and spirit of the winery. They are the result of Antonio Sánchez and each of the workers’ efforts and care for years.

The Palo Cortado is a selected butt from the many that Toro Albala have stored in their cellar as a result of the desire for collecting. This wine has been chosen because it has all the characteristics of a good palo cortado and reflects the character of Toro Albalá. We have bred palo cortado for decades, but it was not until relatively recently, when we began to market it. …
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Price: $796.31 USD
Stock: 10 in Stock

Oloroso Full Dry
Barbadillo

Olorosos are Sherries that have aged in the absence of flor and are rich and full. As the name indicates it is a highly aromatic wine with toffee notes. This Oloroso is very slightly sweetened to leave a smooth satisfying finish in the mouth.

A full dry Oloroso oxidatively aged in oak Sherry butts for 5 years to develop is concentrated nutty and dried fruit flavours.
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Price: $15.23 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Fino Pale Dry Sherry
Barbadillo

A superb Fino sherry, aged for a minimum of 3 years in Barbadillo’s cellars.

Barbadillo’s Finos are more Manzanilla-like in style, but are aged in Bodegas with less exposure to the cooling sea breezes. The flor in the barrels grows vigorously in these cellars so the wine is a little more nutty and toasty than the more appley and yeasty Manzanillas of Sanlucar.

TASTING NOTES
Straw yellow in colour. The classis fino aromas are revealed on the nose; nuts, olives and the evocative suggestion of a patient ageing process. In the mouth it is sharp and exhibits full body and perfect balance.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS
The perfect accompaniment to tapas, …
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Price: $14.00 USD
Stock: 5 in Stock

San Rafael Medium/ Amoroso Sherry
Barbadillo D.O. Jerez

*95 Points- Guía Repsol 2013*

Mahogany colour with delicate hints of topaz with aromas of dried fruit, plums and raisins. Sweet but well-balanced and beautifully silky palate.

A touch of Pedro Ximénez added to a dry oloroso results in this type of sherry known as “amoroso.” Translated into English as loving or affectionate, the name pays tribute to the smoothness obtained during the lengthy and traditional ageing period. Its alcohol content and body mean that it can be served on the rocks.

Serving Suggestion:
Enjoy around 15 degrees Celsius with blue cheese or desserts.
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Price: $25.47 USD
Stock: 12 in Stock

"Obispo Gascon" Palo Cortado 15 year old Sherry
Barbadillo D.O. Jerez
*92 Points- Robert Parker*

*92 Points- Robert Parker*

A 15 year old sherry wine. Attractive colour of antique gold. The aromatic complexity reveals toasted almonds, walnuts and raisins. On the palate it is pleasant, rounded and harmonious. Deliciously smooth and lingering.

The Palo Cortado sherries are particularly special within the Jerez-Xèrés-Sherry Designation of Origin. This is because despite the fact that production follows the similar physical-chemical process of oxidative ageing as with the olorosos, the result is quite different with their organoleptic characteristics falling somewhere between those of an amontillado and an oloroso. …
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Price: $38.16 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Sherry, Manzanilla Pasada Pastora

Barbadillo Manzanilla Pasada en Rama Pastora is a complex fortified wine that is full of nuances, and especially recommended to those who love manzanillas. Its golden yellow colour already gives some indication about how many years it has aged. Suspicions are confirmed in the smell, where very marked yeast aromas appear, with saline and marine hints. The palate is intense and powerful, with dry, salty and bitter, very light touches.

Serve this sherry at 8°C and pair with oily fish, smoked foods, white fish, aperitif, charcuterie, sushi, cured cheeses.
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Price: $16.50 USD
Stock: 1 in Stock

Pale Cream Sherry, Jerez, Andalucia

This style is a relatively new arrival in the history of sherry production having only been introduced in the 1970’s.

Fino Sherry blended with young, vibrant Moscatel which results in this appealing combination of sweetness and tangy freshness. Aged in cask in the traditional Solera System within the ancient cathedral style cellars of Barbadillo, this wine is a blend of different criaderas.

TASTING NOTES:
Light golden colour and with an aroma reminiscent of Manzanilla combined with the fruity nose of Moscatel. On the palate it is delicate, soft and sweet, with a full long finish.

SERVING SUGGESTIONS
Serve chilled as a sweet aperitif or as a dessert wine with fruit salads, cheese platters, or Crème Brulée. …
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Price: $16.50 USD
Stock: 8 in Stock

Pedro Ximénez `El Candado`

El Candado is Spanish for the padlock, and indeed every bottle comes with a small padlock and two little keys. The idea is that a butt from this solera used to be locked away as someone from the Valdespino family wanted to keep the wine to himself.

Nose: quite a bright nose, with lots of raisins and figs but in a fruity way rather than the sticky way. Honey and plenty of quince jelly. Some green, leafy notes too, as well as a light woody touch. Light cinnamon.

Mouth: very sweet and onctuous, but again not over the top. Toffee notes, desserts with figs and honey. Guava. Grows slightly darker towards the end, with some Turkish coffee, dark caramel and a light spicy edge (pepper, cardamom). …
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Price: $34.34 USD
Stock: 3 in Stock

Palo Cortado `Viejo C.P.`

The NV Palo Cortado Viejo C.P. produced from Palomino from the Macharnudo Alto is feed with specific casks of Fino Inocente and Amontillado Tio Diego. It was traditionally aged in the Calle Ponce (Ponce Street), and if has kept the C.P. initials since then. It’s not age-certified, but the average age of the bottled wine is 25 years.

Notes: Pale sandalwood/caramel in hue, with a fresh, brisk, redolently woody aroma. Though appearing to teeter on the verge of volatility by virtue of being so dry and so woody, the blue cheese notes (cachel blue / dolcelatte / cabrales / stilton) lift it into an entirely different level. …
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Price: $53.83 USD
Stock: 9 in Stock

Valdespino Quina

This quina is from a traditional recipe used by the Valdespino family for over 100 years. It is old Oloroso wine from the VOS and VORS soleras blended with a little Pedro Ximenez from El Candado. The wine is aromatized by fruits, roots and herbs such as Cinchona bark, gentian root, licorice, nutmeg, dried grapefruit and dried Seville oranges,.

Notes: Dark mahogany colour with coppery tones. The nose is concentrated with layered aromas of aniseed, nutmeg and dates. Notes of quinine and a satisfying bitterness on the palate lead to a long and complex finish. This is the perfect aperitif, served in a tumbler glass on the rocks with a cinnamon stick and a twist of orange

Valdespino is one of the oldest bodegas in Jerez, …
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Price: $31.79 USD
Stock: 11 in Stock

Remelluri Reserva, Rioja

In this wine from old vines on the Remelluri estate owned by Telmo Rodriguez & his sister Amaia, Tempranillo grape is blended with a little Graciano and Garnacha (Grenache); The wine from this vintage is still displaying lots of fruit. In addition the cooler climate has helped combine the earthy red fruit with spice and savouriness - and with amazing elegance. It's a complex Rioja Reserva and a refreshing acidity cuts through the richness making it very drinkable indeed
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Price: $89.12 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

Remelluri Reserva, Rioja

In this wine from old vines on the Remelluri estate owned by Telmo Rodriguez & his sister Amaia, Tempranillo grape is blended with a little Graciano and Garnacha (Grenache); The wine from this vintage is still displaying lots of fruit. In addition the cooler climate has helped combine the earthy red fruit with spice and savouriness - and with amazing elegance. It's a complex Rioja Reserva and a refreshing acidity cuts through the richness making it very drinkable indeed
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Price: $89.12 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

La Rioja Alta Gran Reserva

Wine from Rioja (and Ribera del Duero), aged for at least two years in oak and three years in the bottle, made primarily from the Tempranillo grape. Light and red-brown in colour, with intense vanilla aromas and substantial earthy flavour notes. Significant acidity and medium alcohol.
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Price: $164.36 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

Remelluri Reserva, Rioja

In this wine from old vines on the Remelluri estate owned by Telmo Rodriguez & his sister Amaia, Tempranillo grape is blended with a little Graciano and Garnacha (Grenache); The wine from this vintage is still displaying lots of fruit. In addition the cooler climate has helped combine the earthy red fruit with spice and savouriness - and with amazing elegance. It's a complex Rioja Reserva and a refreshing acidity cuts through the richness making it very drinkable indeed
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Price: $101.86 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

Reserva, Bodegas Franco-Espanolas
Special Offer | Was £189 | Now £159

This 1964 wine is from the famous Rioja region in Spain. It was aged for two years in oak casks and one more year in the bottle. It has aged gracefully into a classic old Reserva Rioja, with a garnet and mahogany colour, mellow aromas of coffee, leather and saddle leather, and a long, elegant finish.

1964 Bodegas Franco-Espanolas Cellar Tracker Review: Medium garnet colour, orange edges. Light nose. Red fruit, leather, tobacco, soy sauce, earth, spices, cinnamon, clove and balsamic notes on the palate, with lively acidity, fine, mostly resolved tannin and good length. Smoothly textured, with some old age sweetness. …
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Price: $202.58 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

Harvey's Oloroso Sherry
Bottled in 1954 - Level High Shoulder

This Oloroso sherry wine, was bottled in 1954. An intense sherry that is matured in an oxygen present environment. The resulting wines are fragrant and the best examples will display dried fruits, leather, polished wood and exotic spices. Oloroso shows nutty aromas (especially walnuts), combined with polished / balsamic notes, subtle dried fruits, toasted hints, tobacco and autumn aromas. There are noticeable spicy notes in older examples. Often also meaty hints, truffle and leather.

Food & wine Pairing:
The classic pairing for an Oloroso would be red meat and game, but it will also be lovely with well-aged cheese. …
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Price: $369.49 USD
Stock: Out of Stock

Tres Cortados Viejisimo, Domecq

The House of Domecq has spent almost three centuries pleasing sherry-drinkers of every stripe, including the royalty of Spain and England. They have also grown, eventually becoming part of the enormous corporate tapestry that is Allied Domecq, which owns a diverse range of wine and spirit producers.

Tres Cortados is the rarest style of sherry nearer to a fine Amontillado than Oloroso.
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Price: $1,904.76 USD
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Manzanilla Extra Dry Sherry
Barbadillo

Manzanilla is Barbadillo’s speciality and this excellent example has been aged for 3 years in Barbadillo’s cellars.

Fino style Sherries age under a layer of “flor” (a naturally occurring layer of yeast that grows on top of the wine in the barrel); this ensures the wines do not oxidise as there is no exposure to the air. The cooler maritime microclimate of Sanlúcar ensures flor grows particularly thickly all year round producing these very fresh, tangy Manzanillas, unlike the more oxidised Finos aged in the inland town of Jerez, where the flor dies back in the winter and summer months.



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Price: $15.28 USD
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Lopez de Heredia,Vina Tondonia 6 Ano NV
Tempranillo Blend

Estimated to be one of the last production of this wine - 70's vintages

*Cellar Tracker Review 1/7/2021 - PAUL S : 90 Points*

This was slightly tired, but still charming. The nose had more than its fair share of balsamic and Madeira notes, but also a nice blush of dried cherries and berries, earth and cigarette smoke, and beyond that a lovely waft of perfumy florals. Funk aside, this was really nice. The palate was more alive than the nose let on, with fresh acidity and a rustle of silky tannins running through clear, pure notes of dried strawberries and cherries, with a whiff of cigarette spice and some wilting florals, all somewhat shadowed by a little layer of earth, meaty funk into a nice long finish. …
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Price: $62.37 USD
Stock: Out of Stock