Golden straw, some light legs.
Nose
Fresh, saline, very soft and yeasty, traces of dry scrubland, seaside, bitter almond and slightest hint of autolysis.
Palate
Clean, fresh, very smooth with that lovely yeasty, slightly salty bitterness, soft with hints of Manzanilla pasada, low acidity, quite long. A very nice glass of Manzanilla, fuller being bottled en rama.
Comments
This is an interesting one. It comes from a solera of 8 criaderas dating from 1930, tended by capataz Jose Tiernes in the Bodega Santa Ana, formerly owned by Esteban Bozzano. The wine was originally produced by CAYDSA, but 79 butts were bought by Javier Llinares, who is marketing it under this, his own label. He has released 10,000 bottles (of which I tasted no. 3996), and each bottle is sealed with a driven cork. The scales of the solera are run only as often as necessary to keep the flor going, the wine is around 10 years old, and bottled with minimal filtration.
The importer is Juan Manuel Gomez in London, and he can be contacted on 0774 264 7954 or gomezferreras.juanmanuel@gmail.com. He is looking at importing more Sherries, and already sells olive oil, some great vinegars, caramel brandy and a lovely marmaladey orange wine.
Price
£18.65 for a 50cl bottle.
