Bright pale gold, legs.
Nose
Ripe, lowish acid with slight hints of dry scrubland, bread dough, traces of apples, grapes, oxidation, flor bitterness but generally soft, open textured and fresh.
Palate
Quite low acidity but attractive texture, like a young Fino without being fortified, traces of flor but less than in the Fino, very soft and gentle with some Palomino fruit yet has subtle complexities, a "proto-Fino" perhaps, yet has certain similarities to a young, maybe southern, white Burgundy. Most unusual and interesting.
Comments
Dirk Niepoort (of Port fame) helped inspire it and Eduardo Ojeda made it for Equipo Navazos who are interested in the evolution of the Fino Sherry style: what it may have been like in the XVIII century. This is the 4th vintage of the wine. It is made at Valdespino from Palomino grapes, fermented in american oak butts, aged briefly (@ 9 months) under flor without fortification and bottled. At 12.5% vol it is really a table wine, but has many Sherry characteristics. Really interesting - and a useful way to convert your chums to Sherry! Nudge nudge!
Price
About £ 20.00 at Drinkmonger, Edinburgh
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