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Reviews of top spanish sherry wines


INTRODUCTION


The Spanish wine scene is overwhelming. Thousands of interesting wines, some of them among the best in the world. I taste 400 of them every year. Most are good, a few unforgettable. I started this unbiased review to share my best discoveries with the world. I taste at the Spanish Wine Tasting Association and run The Old Madrid Tapas & Wine Adventure.

Osborne Solera PΔP Palo Cortado AbocadoVORS Baffling complexity Caramelized almonds, cedar, tobacco and spices. Never-ending finish in time and depth. Subtle and very pleasant sweetness.

Osborne Solera BC 200 God Save the Queen! A moving journey into the luxury and elegance of XIX century Sherry British aristocracy. Again subtle and very pleasant sweetness.

La Bota de Oloroso Viejísimo (nº14) World Heritage Wine One of those wines you feel lucky to have tasted. 600 bottles and that's it. Hazelnuts, aromatic woods, orange peel and baker's shop. Taste bud heaven, intense, gentle and looooong.

PX Tradicion V.O.S. Master PieceThis is what happens when an enologist with a chemistry degree and 30 years experience is given unlimited resources. José María Quirós has come up with a Pedro Ximenez that is going to take me a lifetime to forget.

Manzanilla Pasada en Rama Aurora Different This pale Sherry is not like the ones you know: Tio Pepe, fino La Ina, San León etc. due to the fact that it is NOT brutally filtered and treated like the rest.

There is a small amount of sediment (probably la flor") floating.

The nose is of a petrol by-product, burnt rubber and nail polish, all these are normal in a long aged paled sherry (about 9 years) but what is different is the aroma of fresh olives behind, unique.

Tasty and expresive, stunning after taste. The texture is also different, the wine is oily compared to their water-like brothers.

Amontillado de Perez Barquero best value ever! Deep orange colour. Complex fragrance of vanilla, raising and coffe. Flavor explosion on the palate, hazelnuts and raising. Never ending finish. I can not think of a better amontillado for that price.

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