Despite having being
established in 1781, Bodegas Sánchez Romate are always innovating and yesterday
they presented the new bottle design for their standard range to 300 members of
the Cádiz and Sevilla horeca sector at the bodega. The traditional tall round dark bottle has
been replaced with a paler Burgundy style bottle and modern labels, and it is
hoped that the whole package will have more appeal to younger drinkers as it
looks less Sherry-like. As before the bottles are sealed with screw caps. The
new presentation will be available from January.
González Byass have
released the 2017 Palma Collection known as the “Ages of Tio Pepe”. As is customary, GB oenologist
Antonio Flores was assisted in his selection by Pedro Ballesteros, the first
Spanish Master of Wine. Selections were made from various of the older Tio Pepe
soleras, the oldest dating from 1880. GB are now the only bodega to bottle
wines labelled as Palmas, which are Finos of particular finesse, and the higher
the number, the greater the age. As Antonio put it “we have bottled the power
of the albariza and the magic of the flor”. The details are:
Una Palma: A blend of wines from 3 butts with
an average age of 6 years, lots of flor.
Dos Palmas: A blend of wines from 2 butts with
an average age of 8 years, a little less flor.
Tres Palmas: Wine from a single butt with an
average age of 10 years, very thin flor.
Cuatro Palmas: Wine from a single butt with an
average age of 52 years, an old Amontillado which still shows traces of its
Fino background.
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