Bodegas Faustino González of Jerez have received excellent points from
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate magazine. Both their Fino en Rama Cruz Vieja and their Amontillado en Rama
Cruz Vieja were awarded 91 points by Robert Parker’s Spanish expert, Luis Gutiérrez,
who remarked that this bodega is one to watch. All the more exciting, as these
were the first bottlings for the open market after many years as almacenistas.
They are to be heartily congratulated! UK importer: Jose Fine Wines in London.
The elections for the Consejo Regulador will have to be delayed until
spring as the Junta de Andalucia’s Agriculture Department has yet to reply
to the allegations of Fedejerez (the
bodegas’ representative body on the Consejo), which object to the draft order
in which each body can only vote on one standpoint. Up till now the bodegas
have been able to vote as vineyard holders as well as bodegas, but the Junta
wants to restrict this to a firm’s main business only.
The
Agriculture Department informed the Consejo of the bones of the order at the
beginning of October hoping to publish it as soon as possible so that the
elections could be held at the start of this year, but three months after
Fedejerez presented its objections – in which they also complain about the lack
of consultation and direct communication with interested parties other than the
Consejo itself – there is still no reply.
The Junta
hopes to publish its order in February, and thereafter there will be three months
for the Andalusian Denominaciones de Origen to hold their elections, which
could delay them till April or May. It is worth remembering that Fedejerez
chose the contentious route in case the Junta went against them.
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