Azahar Manzanilla vieja en rama 500ml

Scott Wasley - "en rama wines, carefully withdrawn from cask and later bottled according to moon phases and gentle prevailing winds. Since the saca, which took place in March, we have rested the wines (Finos en rama really benefit from 6 months in bottle) & then shipped them.

Tasting - "Camomile lawn, orange blossom (Azahar), melon tendrils, sea-spray, densely spongy honey-lemon tea cake. Full and rich in the mouth, excellent abstract line. Extra ageing doesn't necessarily mean development and body, … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Bodegas Barrero "Gabriela" Manzanilla Vina Las Cañas (Pago Balbaína) 375ml

Sanchez Ayala are an undiscovered treat here in Australia. Much used by the Navazos project, this bodega makes some wonderful Sherries, of which this is a terrific starting point.

This is superb value.

Classic flor notes dominate the aromatics, but don't overpower the wine - there are still nuances of fresh bread, almond and saline notes. The palate is quite delicate but wonderfully fresh with excellent racy, salty flor-driven Manzanilla character.

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Bodegas El Maestro Sierra 15 Year Old Oloroso

Dry, nutty start. Hazelnuts, brazil nuts. Umami notes of beef stock and dried mushrooms. On the other end of this earthy, darker side there is a brightness of bitter oranges and fresh figs. A bit of toffee and echoes of spices (not unlike gingerbread, really nice).

On the palate it is medium-bodied, with a surprising lightness and ease to it. Good balance of acidity, a suggestion of caramel sweetness, lightly bitter notes (dried herbs, Seville oranges) and a soft, gingery … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla Brandy de Jerez Solera Reserva Single Cask Oloroso 36.9% 500ml

Aged for 5 years in old Oloroso Sherry cask.

Barrel Number: 11/102

Lot Number: 307912

'Dark amber in colour. The nose has a very balanced aroma showing both nuances of

herbs, fruits and fine pastry notes on a soft wood background. In the mouth it is round,

with touches of nuts and dried fruits. Very elegant.' Importers note

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Rey Fernando de Castilla Brandy de Jerez, Solera Gran Reserva, Single Cask (13/102) Oloroso Viejo 39.7% 500ml

Bottled 4 November 2008. Lot Number: 230908

This brandy is aged in Oloroso Casks for 15 years

'Has a Copper colour and intense notes of sweet sherry, rich fruit with a touch of vanilla

and very elegant. Mahogany in colour with fine toasted aromas; it is complex and clean,

with tobacco and notes of wood, nuts and figs. On the palate it is broad, very balanced,

with sweet sherry notes, rich fruit with a touch of vanilla and great persistence.'

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Tradición Amontillado VORS 750ml

"The NV Tradicion Amontillado VORS, certainly has the more complex and subtle nose of all these VORS and is on average 45 years old. It has a very clean nose, with elegance and complexity, powerful but subtle notes of hazelnuts, honey and even some dates. The medium5bodied palate shows a sharp wine with strong salinity, it has the power and the lightness, in a very difficult combination." 96 points. Luis Gutiérez Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Tradición Fino Tradición 750ml

Average Age 8 years.

This is a wine in full maturity, the result of lengthy ageing under "flor" - a veil of yeasts, in American oak barrels using the solera and criaderas system.

Very dry, it denotes a salinity, complexity, intensity and length that is hard to compare, offering a long persistence on the palate. This is a rare breed of fino that is pure, serious and traditional. Tradición old fino: unique quality. Limited production.

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Tradición Oloroso VORS 750ml

"The single vintage wines are different, but they are not necessarily better than the solera wines. In fact I preferred the Oloroso VORS to the two single-vintage; I found it more complex and fluid, while the single vintages were more concentrated and powerful, but not as nuanced. I?m talking about the NV Tradicion Oloroso VORS, on average 45-50 years old, which gives the wine a concentration of glycerin and dry extract that is amazing. Silky, very interesting to see the … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Tradición Palo Cortado VORS 750ml

"The NV Palo Cortado Tradicion VORS, averages 32 years of age, which they consider the correct age for Palo Cortado, so it is not just an old Sherry. Light amber-­??colored, the nose has a sweet sensation, apricots, and almonds but then the mouth is very dry and saline, fine and light, with flavors of hazelnut, a little varnish, very elegant, intense, pungent, a little spirity. It has a delineated palate, superb intensity, and very long finish. Classical, elegant, clean, intense … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Bodegas Tradición Pedro Ximenez 750ml

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Cardenal Mendoza Brandy 700ml

With an average age of 15 years, Cardenal Mendoza is one of the most famed (and popular) brandies in Spain. It's a ripe, smooth, sweet-spiced style. Lashings of xmas pudding (from maturation in old PX and Olorosso barrels). Good length and finish from such a generous style.

Country: Spain
Producer: Romate
Region: Jerez

Delgado Zuleta Manzanilla Pasada 'La Goya' 375ml

Bottled, December 2021.

Fantastic value Manzanilla, and a great introduction to the dry end of Spanish Sherry. Light, flinty, salty, a little herbal (chamomile) with the tang of sea air that defines the manzanilla style. Bottled in screwcap & with the bottling date in English on the back. Delicious & progressive.

"We bottle and ship fresh every two months, to ensure this definitively crisp, refreshing young white wine is always in spanky form. Camomile and oyster-shell aromatics, Chablis-like mid-palate fruit, … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda

Emilio Lustau Vermut Blanco 750ml

Intense and bright yellow colour with golden reflections. On the nose it shows floral, citrusy and herbaceous notes over a yeasty and mineral base. The finish is bitter and clean with a long, nutty and refreshing aftertaste.

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Emilio Lustau Vermut Tinto 750ml

This is a red vermouth based on two sherry wines selected by its enologist Manuel Lozano. One is a sweet and velvety Pedro Ximenez and the other a dry and nutty Amontillado - aged separately in their own soleras for 10 years.

The wines are then used to macerate more than ten botanicals and aromatic herbs like gentian, sage, absinth, coriander and orange peel. Each botanical macerates separately for optimal aroma extraction. The master blender then expertly combines the infused … more

Country: Spain
Region: Jerez

Equipo Navazos 'I Think' Manzanilla Saca de June 2021 375ml

This is truly a 'Junior de La Bota'. The wine spent some 4½ years under flor before being bottled gently (en rama) to preserve the original authenticity (colour, intensity and aromas) and so as to deliver a Manzanilla in the bottle that tasted as though it were being served straight from the cask. It has almost the same deliciousness rating as the La Bota Manzanilla releases - super tangy, spicy, pungent, salty, chalky, cool, refreshing and long - but, obviously, … more

Country: Spain
Producer: Equipo Navazos
Region: Jerez
Sub Region: Sanlucar de Barrameda