Sherry, Non Vintage Sherry and Montilla-Moriles
Very Old Bottled Palo Cortado
Bottled by Smallwood and Sons Ltd
Bottle size: 75cl
ABV: 15%
Price:
$115.01 USD
Out of stock
Description
A wine of great complexity which combines the delicate bouquet of an Amontillado with the body and palate of an Oloroso. Chestnut to mahogany in colour with a complex bouquet which harmonises the characteristic notes of Amontillados and Olorosos, citric notes reminiscent of bitter orange and lactic notes suggestive of fermented butter. It has a deep, rounded, ample palate with smooth, delicate aromatic notes appearing in the aftertaste, leading to delicious lingering finish.
Palo Cortado is an intermediate type of sherry and probably the most ambiguous of them all. This is fuelled by the vague description in the official rules of the Consejo Regulador: it should have the aromatic refinement of Amontillado combined with the structure and body of an Oloroso. In short: Amontillado on the nose, Oloroso in the mouth.
Condition
Good level , cellar-soiled label
