Appearance
Pale brassy
gold with light legs.
Nose
Full and
saline: beach, seaweed, very maritime with plenty of flor bitterness and
amazing breadth. Super fresh yet serious with slight savoury autolytic notes,
olive brine and a very slight hint
of oxidation in the background. This could only be quality Manzanilla for its intense
yeast and seaside character.
Palate
Delightfully
tangy and quite intensely flavoured with terrific salinity, dry bitterness,
hints of autolysis and that trace of oxidation making it very complex and yet full
of life. This is a lovely wine – proper Manzanilla - bottled with minimum
filtration so all its solera character is retained. It has a really long and intense
flor powered finish which develops complexity even as it fades.
Comments
Aged about
4 ½ years in the La Guita solera and 8 months in bottle, this is from a lot of just over
5,000 half bottles, and is the current release. The wine is bottled from time
to time, more on an ad hoc basis than as a regular bottling, but always either
in spring or autumn when the flor is thickest. It is delicious now but would
reward keeping.
Price
About £ 11.00 per half bottle at Drinkmonger Edinburgh
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