Tuesday 26 March 2013

Fino Paquiro 15%, Bodegas Almocaden

Appearance
Pale golden straw, golden tints, legs.
Nose
Lightly strawy, with fatty oily traces not unlike Montilla, traces autolised yeast and palomino fruit, very fresh and quite young looking.
Palate
Good and dry, fresh and well rounded by that fruit, then hints of flor in the shape of almonds, salinity and bitterness, good length.
Comments
Well made fresh young Jerez fino, not in the same league as, say, Inocente or La Ina, but for everyday purposes it's fine. I think the raw material is good, but it could be allowed to age a little more. Paquiro was a XIX century bullfighter from Chiclana who invented some of the techniques.
Price
5 euros in Jerez, not sure if it comes to the UK


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