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Jerez was alive today
with visitors to the unique biennial wine fair Vinoble which covers sweet and fortified
wines of the world. Needless to say there was a strong Sherry presence and a
huge range of wines available for tasting. There were wine producers
everywhere! Launched today was a new range of Sherries from Harveys (literally
bottled yesterday!) and a couple of really interesting and delicious table
wines from Barbadillo.
The Harvey wines were:
Fino: Fresh light and clean, about 5
years old, green label
Amontillado: Amber, dry, light and fresh, about
12 years old, orange label
Palo Cortado: Amber, very nutty and fairly
light, about 15 years old, red label
Oloroso: Gold to mahogany fairly crisp,
very Oloroso, aged about 12 years, maroon label
Pedro Ximénez: Deep blacky brown, lots of toffee,
trace oak, aged 10 years, long, grey label
This is a really good range, I’ll post pictures
as soon as I get the promised press release….
The Barbadillo wines
were:
Mirabrás 2014: 40 year old Palomino vines from
the Cerro de Leyes vineyard fermented in ex Manzanilla butts after a few days’
sunning and aged under flor in butt and tank. Delicious crisp apple and unripe
apricot aromas, and might age interestingly.
Tintilla Nude 2015: “Insultingly young red” Tintilla
grapes from the Gibalbín vineyard fermented using carbonic maceration. There is
no front label, hence “nude”.
Again, these are just released so no pictures
yet…
Jerez was also alive
with people celebrating Corpus Christi, following the procession of the municipal band
and members of the religious brotherhoods carrying altars through the streets
in clouds of incense. This year the procession was shortened, but still covered
18 streets. Between the Plaza Arenal and the Plaza de la Yerba huge brotherhood
insignias were laid out on the ground in coloured salt. Quite a spectacle,
unless you wanted to cross the street.
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