Deep amber with reddy mahogany highlights, very viscous.
Nose
Beautiful nose, very fruity super-ripe grapey Moscatel, orejones (dried apricots) and other dried fruits yet with a more serious side born of age: trace oak, savoury, walnuts in syrup, soft and fat, enticing.
Palate
Unctuous and smooth yet has a decent tang if not much acidity, lots of dried fruits especially that most delicious of grapes: Moscatel, and notes of honey. It has lots of flavour and considerable length.
Comments
Made from 100% Moscatel grapes grown in the Barbadillo vineyards of Gibalbin and Santa Lucia, only 3 hectares of which is Moscatel. Residual sugar content is about 170 grams per litre. The solera has a total of 31 butts: 2 criaderas and the solera. The wine is at least 5 years old - could be more.
Price
In Spain around 7-8 euros, somewhere about £15 in the UK, not widely available, UK importer Fells
