The two half butts of XC Palo Cortado Añada 1990 which González Byass sent on a six month sea
journey on the Spanish Navy training ship the Juan Sebastián de Elcano” back in February have now
been bottled and packaged and are ready for sale. Naturally this is a very
limited edition and amounts to only 550 bottles. The gift pack contains a 75cl bottle
of this great wine along with a 20cl bottle of the same wine before it went on
its journey so you can see the difference which, according to the bodega is
dramatic:
“We enter a world of aromas, of
cedar, carob and nuts, a dream world where we don´t know if we are in the
sacristía
of a bodega or the premises of a perfumer. It envelops the palate, it is like velvet,
indescribably harmonious, a Palo Cortado which has been able to soak up nuances
and enrich itself at each stage of its journey to return to us as a treasure;
topaz, amber resin, the sun of the Incas, clove, vanilla, the heavens set with
stars, the southern cross, the foam of the waves, the power of the wind and the
flavour of salt”. As the old saying goes: “Mareado, el buen vino de Jerez, si
valía
cinco, vale diez” (Seasick, the good wine of Jerez, if it was worth five, is now
worth ten). So maybe it is worth the price per pack of 550€ - hopefully
you have a wealthy benefactor.
The ship set out from Cádiz
and sailed all round South America returning six months later in August having
covered 19,604 nautical miles through all sorts of weather conditions. The wine
was sent on its voyage to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first
circumnavigation of the globe by Magellan. He was killed on the journey and only
one of the five ships returned; the Nao Victoria, captained by Juan Sebastián de
Elcano.
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