Monday 9 July 2012

"Amontillado" 17%, Jose de Soto

Appearance
Deep amber - ruddy brown, pronounced legs.
Nose
Full, rather commercial sweetened  blend, much more oloroso than amontillado, very savoury - hints Marmite and young PX, no evidence of or delicacy of once being under flor, in fact rather fat.
Palate
Full, quite sweet, quite nutty and mellow but totally unsubtle "British blend", savoury sweetened oloroso.
Comments
This used to be dry and had some elegance, but has been cheapened to make a commercial supermarket "medium" Sherry. Thank you, Nueva Rumasa.

Price
£6,95  Raeburn Fine Wines, Edinburgh



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