Pure, deepish amber fading through autumn leaf yellow and a trace of green on rim, legs
Nose
Classic Amontillado: toasted hazelnuts and apparent sweetness, traces of oak from long ageing along with remnants of a past life as Fino: traces of autolised yeast, garrapinadas (almonds cooked in caramelised sugar), full, serious, some age.
Palate
Dry, certain crispness, gentle acidity, quite full and textured, lovely nutty, oaky follow-through and a little less implicit sweetness than on the nose. Very long.
Comments
Classic wine from the bodega's excellent Special Reserves range, and over 20 years old, although not marketed as a VOS. It spends about 7 years as a Fino before entering the Amontillado solera. A really good buy...just needs Bellota ham!
Price
Somewhere around £18.00 available shortly from Drinkmonger Edinburgh
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