Appearance
Mid straw - gold with bright reflections, light legs.
Nose
Forthcoming, quite full and interesting. There is a fruity edge with faint traces of autolysis, minerality, a trace of salinity and a yeasty, almondy bitterness. It is a bit multi-faceted: every sniff reveals something more, even the slightest hint of oxidation. Good start.
Palate
Salinity and yeasty bitterness are to the fore, it is very dry and fairly full with real character, still with that trace of fruit and a long well-rounded finish. A a good example of the Classic El Puerto style.
Comments
This
characterful almacenista bodega/despacho in El Puerto has a great range of
wines and this Fino is probably the best known. In fact they supply Fino,
Oloroso and Amontillado for the Lustau Almacenista range. This fine Fino is
about 5 years old and may well be the same wine as Lustau’s Almacenista Puerto
Fino. Its name is interesting: “draga” translates as “dredger”, there being a
faint picture of one on the label. The port area of El Puerto needs to be dredged now and then
as a lot of silt is washed down by the river Guadalete.
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