Saturday 1 December 2012

Manzanilla En Rama 1a Saca 2012 15%, Barbadillo

Appearance
Quite a deep shade of gold, trace straw, bright.
Nose
Big and complex, full and broad with lots of sea air, hints of autolysis, dry scrub, flor, yellow fruits and bitter almond. Very fresh but with a whiff of Manzanilla pasada, and the complexity that goes with it.
Palate
Full, lots of flavour, tangy with hints of Manzanilla pasada, fresh, round and maritime and with a lovely slightly bitter edge, long and beautiful.
Comments
Barbadillo release the En Rama wines seasonally, in Spring Summer, Autumn and Winter, so this one is from Spring 2012. (See note on Spring 2011) These are wines drawn only from a few selected solera butts somewhere around 8 years old, and bottled with only the slightest possible pre-bottling treatment - fining with egg white - thus preserving to the maximum their aromatic and flavour profiles. Most commercial finos and manzanillas are subjected to Bentinite fining, chill filtration and physical filtration before bottling to ensure stability in export markets with different climates, and to avoid the possibility of any sediment appearing in bottle. The En Ramas therefore, need to be drunk much sooner and more quickly. That's hardly a problem, now, is it?! The problem is getting hold of any: they only fill about 1,200 half bottles from each saca.


Price
Hard to find in the Uk, but importer is Ehrmanns in London. Probably around £ 20.00

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